Tomorrow, we continue with a discussion of Chapters 3 and 4. Please be prepared to do so.
1. Slaughterhouse Five–Read and annotate Chapter 5. Heads up: This is a long chapter (nearly 50 pages). Here, Vonnegut lays the satire on thick! Please be prepared to discuss the subject(s) of his satire and how he conveys the satire. Again, keep in mind:
- Irony
- Vonnegut’s atheism and humanism
- Free Will/Determinism/Fatalism
- Vonnegut’s personal life
Here’s the list of devices/elements thus far: Please Print
2. Intro evaluation–You will be given the intro in class tomorrow.