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What does /lit/ think of Slaughterhouse-Five? I just finished it, and I think it might be one of my favorites. I think Billy Pilgrim is the best literary character I've ever read about.

Also, what's your interpretation of the Tralfamadorians? Was it real or is it just Billy going insane toward the end of his life? I'm more for the latter.

>> No.9334410

pleb shit for pleb shits

>> No.9334570

>>9334410
Oh look everyone a clever person. I bet he goes to university and only reads philosophy. People like you make me sick.

>> No.9334596

>>9334276
I enjoyed it a fair bit, though I don't really understand why it is considered so "essential" or "magnificent". To be frank I find it next to impossible to comprehend humour in a book so maybe that's where I'm missing out, though I did like the concept of the Tralfamadorians and it did make me feel a bit nostalgic about my uncle, who used to always talk about different planets and how he'd go to Pluto when he dies. Probably the thing I liked most though was Vonnegut's humility when it came to writing a a character, as you say, Billy Pilgrim was just an ordinary person who couldn't pull any fancy tricks or snarky responses but rather made things more difficult for people, and in a manner that I'm sure most could relate to. It was also an interesting twist on war-themed literature in general in regards to time travel.

>> No.9334620

>>9334276
>I just finished it, and I think it might be one of my favorites
same

I felt that it really captured the darkness of the war that Vonnegut experienced which was brought out by the absurdism and comedy. I don't think I've known of anything which does something like that so well

the closest I can think of is the film In Bruges, but the comedy in that is too zany and the darkness is fairly shallow compared to what Slaughter-House Five is about, so depth on both ends of the spectrum is lost

>> No.9334665

Im on team Tralfalmadorians are real.
I reccomend Sirens of Titan if you want more Vonnegut.
I dont know which book to reccomend for team Tralfalmadorians are mental illness. Maybe breakfast of champions.