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be classified as historical fiction, science fiction and an autobiography (certain parts of the protagonist’s life are similar to Vonnegut’s life) at the same time. Slaughterhouse Five follows the life and journeys of Billy Pilgrim, the main character in this non-linear novel. Billy has lived his life as a social outcast, a stereotypically weak and unpopular boy. He is a joke of a soldier when he is drafted into the Army and he soon becomes “unstuck in time”, or so he says. The

observation of fundamental physical mechanics based on the “5 tools model;” running, throwing, fielding and power hitting. However, Billy Beane and Paul DePodesta determined that players who possessed “plate discipline,” or the ability to control the outcome during batting was the hidden, intangible value that a player is born with and is nearly impossible to coach or evaluate. Billy Beane, et al., challenged the conventional wisdom that the best method to evaluate a player’s skill is to evaluate their physical

‘All men are afraid in battle,’ said General Patton. ‘The coward is the one who lets fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.’ How do Pat Barker and Kurt Vonnegut address the theme of masculinity in war? Masculinity in war is a key theme explored in both Slaughterhouse 5 and Regeneration. It is expressed as a characterisation that is not preserved and that is continuously changing. The authors use soldiers who begin to doubt their masculinity which is of utmost important

humor, and even the humor in his style of writing. Vonnegut also shows the lasting effects of the war on people involved through the main character, Billy Pilgrim, and his journey through life struggling with his PTSD and conflicting philosophies caused by it. Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, Slaughterhouse-Five shows the theme of anti-war through humor and by Billy Pilgrim’s psychiatric state. Vonnegut is a humorist in his style of writing. It is his signature style of writing (“So It Goes” 3). Humor can be

Style in Rip Van Winkle, Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Billy Budd       "Sublime refers to an aesthetic value in which the primary factor is the presence or suggestion of transcendent vastness or greatness, as of power, heroism, extent in space or time"(Internet Encyclopedia).  This essay will explore different levels of Romanticism's sublime style in Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Herman Melville's Billy Budd. The essay will particularly focus on how the writers

Many people from different countries across the world have been coming to United States, including Austrian director Billy Wilder. He directed many film with different genres including Film Noir. Film Noir translates to “Dark Film,” the name was given by the French after watching Hollywood crime thrillers that began to show after World War II. These films typically had dark lighting style closely related to those in German Expressionist films. However, Film Noir borrows its form from influences of

symposium paper will discuss one of the most distinctive features of Keith Waterhouse’s narrative: the appeal and effect of fantasy, in juxtaposition with provincial realism. In the context of ‘angry young men’ writers of the mid to late 1950’s. ‘Billy Liar’ written by Keith Waterhouse was published in 1959. Waterhouse’s work was associated with a group of novelists and dramatists such as John Braine, Alan Sillitoe and Stan Barstow who were referenced as 'angry young men’. Notably, the writers were

There are many ways to interpret a book, one can read it as a character’s adventure, a conflict of ideas or emotions, or a story. For myself, I read the books, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison and Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville, in an ironic sense; and while doing this, I noticed that both books showed an intuitive sense of sociology. Furthermore, what mattered most by reading the books ironically is that it is easy to see the outcome of a situation which is pleasing to be conscious of. It is

attacks the preconceived belief that war and its members represent bravery, glory or heroism. Vonnegut condemns the idea of war as justifiable means to come to the peace through the character of Roland Weary who gets captured by Germans together with Billy. Weary is portrayed as unpleasant and cruel soldier sometimes he talks of the inherently Christian service. He names his gang of comrades “The Three Musketeers”, are performing by

suggests, “Billy [...] increasingly withdraws from reality and ultimately loses his sanity” (Broer 88), whereas another argues that “[...] from the moment he comes ‘unstuck in time,’ Billy continually tries to construct for himself an Edenic experience out of the materials that he garners over the course of some twenty years” (Mustazza 299). Yet another admits that “[t]he novel is so constructed that one cannot determine whether or not what Billy sees is real” (Schatt