Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Critique & Support to Character’s Actions & Ideas: Slaughterhouse-Five (Week 2, Post 2)

Jennifer Hong
Nov. 9, 2011

First I have to say that this story is getting a bit confusing. But although confusing, the story is getting super exciting. I think this theory of time travel is really cool and I'm getting more into this story. What I wonder is that why was it that Billy starts to time travel right when he leans against a tree (pg.18). I think how Billy left his children randomly (pg. 13) without warning was not very smart, but I guess I could understand suince his wife died and all this depressing stuff happened to him so quickly. What I also think is the way Billy describes the aliens was very interesting. The way he talks about how they see in 4 dimesions is super cool and is kind of eye-opening (pg. 14-15). I guess his daughter is a bit ignorant too since she gets mad just because people called her about her father. I think she should be a little moe sympathetic and understanding to him since he's been through alot, even if he sounds a bit crazy; talking about time travel, aliens, and such. Do you think Kurt will go back to his first person point of view or will he keep talking about Billy throughout the book? I feel like I would like this book a lot more than "The Great Gatsby", considering I've read more of "The Great Gatsby" but still nothing in it is as exciting yet. I started out thinking this book was just a history kind of book, but turns out its kind of sci-fi. Don't you agree?

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