Prewrite For Slaughter House V by Andrew Tesija

Please list 10 ways you can improve your essay scores

1.  I could have stronger main points                        6. Think my sentences through more so they are clearer
2.   Better quotes that describe my idea better          7. Reread the book a little so it's easier to understand it
3.  Do a better job explaining quote                         8. Know what page my quotes are on to find them quick
4.  Have a better idea of what I'm going to write       9. Plan it or do a prewrite
5.  Have a smoother transition between paragraphs 10. Not be distracted when writing my essay


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. I liked it how the author described death as "So it goes."

2. I liked the authors sexual humor like the description of the tralfamadorians.

3. I didn't like how the 3 plots would interrupt each other but...

4. ...I liked the time traveling that he wrote about because it put a nice spin on the whole book.

5. I liked how the whole book wasn't purely about war but it was completly related to it like everytime Billy was in a hospital there was a veteran of some kind always right next to him

6. I liked how everything was always similar or related like billy's honeymoon. The couple that were on the boat, the man's dad would later be next to Billy when he was in the hospital after the plane crash.

7. I liked how the author avoided talking about people dying, he just stated it matter of factly.

8. I liked how the author made very small details be interlinking like the black and orange paint on the POW germain train car was the same color of the tent at Billy's daughter's wedding

9. I liked how the author used the Tralfamadorians to talk about the human race from a different point of view.

10. I didn't like how the time traveling sometimes gave away some of the key parts of the book like how Billy always knew that Edgar Derby was going to die

11. I Liked why the climaxes were given away because it plays into everything always being seen in the 4th dimension. Like Edgar Derby will be and always have died then, but right now he's just fine. (before he died)

12. I liked how Billy was an optometrist because he studies eyes and their sight but he's learning that people are the only ones who see in the 3rd dimension.

13. I thought it was funny that the author made Billy die from being shot by a laser gun instead of a normal gun.

14. I liked the title of the book. It plays you into thinking that it is about massacer and slaughterings when it is really a thought provoking book.

15. I liked how the author sometimes showed certain events from some of the German soldiers' point of view.


State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.
1. Time does not exist

2. Everything is related

3. Nothing is by accident

4. Life is meaningless

5. War is wierd


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.

B: Hello Tesh
T: Hello Billy
B: You know what's really wierd?
T: what?
B: You know my favorite author?
T: yea, you always have one of his books with you
B: well, turns out that he has only gotten one letter and it was from that guy who was in the veterans hospital with me! What's his name, Rosewater?
T: I think so. Wow that's wierd.
B: Yea, but I don't think that that was a coincidence.
T: Hey, I saw you on TV yesterday talking about that theory that everything is in the 4th dimension.
B: Did you?
T: yea! where did you come up with that?
B: I did while I was on Tralfamador after being captured by the Tralfamadorians.
T: Who?
B: nevermind, what they taught me though was that we are the only species that they know of that don't see everything at once. We only see everything in order as it happens.
T: Wow that's wierd.
B: I know but it makes sense sometimes. But it's hard to grasp that time has no meaning. It doesn't even exist.
T: Oh, and I heard that had a wife! I'm so sorry for your loss.
B: It's not a loss. She's really still alive in another time. I just won't think about the times that she isn't.
T: You're not even sad that she died?
B: You know, strangly, after I came back from Tralfamador, I stopped caring about people dying.
T: WHAT?
B: yea, one death or life just doesn't mean much anymore. I mean, if we are always alive in another time, why do we need to be sad if they have died in this time?
T: I don't know.
B: I got to go.
T: Bye

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.