Research

> > >>>> __“- Why me? __ >>>> __- That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber? __ >>>> __- Yes. __ >>>> __- Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.” __
 * 1) www.westgeauga.k12.oh.us/userfiles/1418/Classes/4093/Slaughterhouse 5 - Critical Essay - Diagnosing Billy Pilgrim.doc.pdf
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 * 3) http://web.archive.org/web/20091027062324/http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/4953/kv_sh5_effectsofwar.html
 * Topic Outline with Primary Supports
 * Is Billy Pilgrim sane or insane? Does it matter?
 * “How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.”
 * “I have this disease late at night sometimes, involving alcohol and the telephone.”
 * “Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.”
 * Against traditional American ways
 * “And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.”
 * Seems to have a very open minded (crazy) interpretation of the world
 * “All this happened, more or less.”
 * “All this happened, more or less.”
 * “That's one thing Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times and concentrate on the good ones.”
 * __This seems very sane and normal... __
 * “I think you guys are going to have to come up with a lot of wonderful new lies, or people just aren't going to want to go on living.”
 * Working Thesis and 3 Précis
 * Final Draft of Research Paper with Works Cited