Please list 10 ways you can improve your essay scores
1. Read the whole book 6. explain out my main points better
2 Listen to Mr. cheng when he explains things 7 write better explainations of the quotes better
3. think out more thorough thoughts 8. using better voice, style, and word choice
4. follow along in class discussion for the book 9. Write better thesis statements
5. effective use quotes 10. Write better concluding paragraghs
Please write any 15 thoughts about the book Slaughterhouse-5. For each thought, please refer to a specific part of the book that generated this thought (for instance, “It was funny” receives no credit; “It was funny when he described the Tralfamadorians” receives full credit).
1. The book confused me in way billy always switched life plots
2. It was sad at times because of hearing about alot of deaths
3. It was intriguing becuase i had never heard in full details of life outside earth
4. Good humor was used like when the tralmafadores shafts were explained
5. It was rather weird because Billy was always naked in tralmafadore
6. It was sexual becuase it talked about him and his wife also with him and Montana
7. Painted pictures in my head because a lot of parts explained the setting well enough like the war
8. Sometimes excititng because you never could guess where billy was going next in his life
9. It was interesting because i learned a new way the world could end
10. Against wars because nothing about it was supported or glorified to make it sound good
11. It taught me new information since i never knew about a bombing in dresden in WWII
12. Would be annoying since Billies daughter bitched at him all the time
13. Unattractive because Billy was not good looking and his wife was fat
14. Needed more details because it didnt say how billy got off tralmafadore
15. Targeted a weird audience since it was random plots of a man through the whole book
State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.
1. Life and death are a never ending cycle
2. Without sex life can not be created
3. Wars can never be prevented for world peace
4. Time is only what you make of it to be
5. Never will anyone be unstuck in time for a never ending life
Write a conversation between yourself and Billy Pilgrim in which he tries to teach you a lesson based on his own experiences. You must explain IN DEPTH at least 3 specific events and details from the book in order to receive full credit. This conversation should go on as long as it takes to demonstrate YOUR UNDERSTANDING of Billy’s experiences.
EXAMPLE:
Billy: Hello, Mr. Cheng
Mr. Cheng: Hi Billy
Billy: Have you heard about Tralfamadore?
Mr. Cheng: No, what’s that?
Billy: It’s a planet where they... etc.
Bo: Whats up Billy?
Billy: Trying to relax, how bout you?
Bo: Nice and same here.
Billy: It sucks more for me because im unstuck in time so i cant always rest when i want too.
Bo: What's unstuck in time?
Billy: Well its where my life never ends, im always switching into different times of my life.
Bo: I see... What would be some examples?
Billy: One time I was having sex with my wife on our honeymoon then I time traveled to when I was a prisoner of World War II. Another time I was trying to survive unarmed in the war, following three other men then I traveled to my basement at home sitting on my typewriter.
Bo: Thats rather a cool thing.
Billy: Its not, my life never ends and i am sick of time travel.
