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Essay Galaxy - An Analysis of Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five"
An Analysis of Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five"
When one begins to analyze a military novel it is important to
first look at the historical context in which the book was written. On the
nights of February 13-14 in 1944 the city of Dresden, Germany was subjected
to one of the worst air attacks in the history of man. By the end of the
bombing 135,000 to 250,000 people had been killed by the combined forces of
the United States and the United Kingdom. Dresden was different then Berlin
or many of the other military targets which were attacked during World War
II because it was never fortified or used for strategic purposes and,
therefore, was not considered a military target. Because of it's apparent
safety, thousands of refugees from all over Europe converged on Dresden
for protection (Klinkowitz 2-3). Dresden's neutrality was broken and the
resulting ....
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