When reading a book its always the unexpected what thrills the reader. We never know whats coming or what will happen next but we're always a few pages away from finding out. This is, indeed, the push that makes us continue through the book even in those dull moments. Slaughter House Five seems to separate itself completely from any book I've ever read before. With no central plot, no chronological order whatsoever we as readers aren't waiting for something to come. We already know we're we'll be going, were the characters are taking, but we simply don't know the path. Billy already took us to his death in 1976, he already showed us Derby's death. We've made leaps all over his life but its still so mysterious, so intriguing. Something else thats coming to be increasingly important in the book is the life of Vonnegut, Trout, and Billy joining in together and being incredibly interconnected. I've got to the point of thinking all these characters are Vonnegut's alienated personalities. He represent his feelings, thoughts, and ideas in such a way that sometimes it resembles an autobiography. One of its kind.
A couple days ago a saw an excellent movie. I felt the main character related a lot with Billy and Vonnegut. In Fight Club, the main character, Tyler Durden is actually personified by two separate actors who represent his two different personalities. Although in reality he is only one he sees himself as another person while other people only see him as one. It is a very weird movie with a very intricate plot but the way the characters are presented somehow resembled the connection between Billy and Vonnegut. Another great movie that creates this effect is Identity.
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