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Who watches over Billy in the prison hospital?
Edgar Derby (pg 99).
How do the Zoo and the POW camp symbolize the same feeling that Billy has?
Something about being trapped, or any other defensible thesis.
Why does Vonnegut say that "Billy says..." instead of simply stating Tralfamadorian ideas?
Because Vonnegut would rather not be prescriptive.
optomitirst
What was unique about the dog tags given to the American prisoners?
They were perforated down the middle (pg 92).
Half of it marks the dead body and the other half marks the grave.
What could the Canyon be a symbol for?
Billy's apprehensiveness with life, Billy reacts weirdly, any defensible thesis
Why do the Americans love the Germans so much? And why do the Americans remind the Germans how great war is?
Because countries profit off of wars.
what the name of the drug from the bally of the dolls
barbiturate
Name the sci-fi author that Billy Pilgrim and Eliot Rosewater bond over.
Kilgore Trout (pg 101).
Billy and Eliot both found life meaningless (hmm) and they sought to re-invent themselves with the help of science fiction.
What could the Cavern be a symbol for?
Fatalistic world view, fear of death, passage of time, any defensible thesis.
How come the doctors don't think the war is why Billy instituted himself?
Kinda ironic, that PTSD wasn't even considered at the time. Pokes at ignorance.
what does the song "hail hail the gangs all here" take the melody from pirates of penanze
"the cat like tread"
There are 2 instances in which Vonnegut mentions a radium dial. What are they?
DAILY DOUBLE: Why could it be mentioned?
1. Billy's father's watch (pg 90)
2. The faces of the Russians in prison (pg 91)
Represents unwavering passage of time.
What could Kilgore Trout's works represent?
Since they're poorly written, they provide a way to comfort/cope with the harsh world we live in, but not one that is wholly rational.
Why does the German say "Vy you, Vy anybody?"
Defensible thesis
what flag did the soldier raise in the red badge of courage
the union flag
In one of Kilgore Trout's books he claims that the christian gospels taught this:
"before you kill somebody, make absolutely sure he isn't [ ]"
Well connected (pg 109)
The flaw he points out is that these gospels make people think you should only treat someone with dignity if they are important.
Why is Valencia fat?
She is a war proponent.
who was the main suspect muder in the novel the brothers of kamazor
dimitry