Chapter 10

     Chapter ten reminds me of every other ending to a book.  The ending is what a person imagines it to be.  I imagined the end of this book being the end of the war and I was right.  Billy and his prisoners digging up ruins reminds me of the band of brothers when they walk into a prison camp.  Trenches are dug out for all the dead bodies of the Jews.  All in all this book was okay, but it was not my type of book.

Chapter 10

     The end of the war is taking place but Billy and his fellow companions are still under German rule.  They are put to work by "paired as digger[s]" (Vonnegut 272) to dig the ruins from the bombing.  Quickly though the Germans have to go fight the Russians and the priosners are free.  The war ends and Billy finds horses and a wagon.  The final words of the book end with a bird talking to Billy which is repition from the first chapter.

Chapter 9

     When I think of chapter nine, I think of family tragedies.  Valencia was so disheartened by Billy's crash that she did not even worry about herself.  Billy and Valencia's daughter was the person most affected by the accident because her mother died, and her father was hurt.  Everyone in this situation was affected in a way.  Billy did not even realize that his wife had died either, which is what makes the sitaution sad.

Chapter 9

     Billy's wife, Valencia dies in this book.  She was in a frenzy to get to the hospital after Billy "was unconcious in the hospital in Vermont," (Vonnegut 233) from a plane crash.  Valnecia gets in an accident herself, but due to her husband being in critical condition she decides to drive on.  The imagery of this is sad because Valencia is driving to the hospital, by herself, crying the whole way without realizing she is dying as well.  She ends up dying from carbon monoxide poisining.

Chapter 8

     In chapter eight, the beginning mainly involves Billy and Kilgore Trout.  This chapter reminds me of a book signing with a famous author.  Billy gets to meet his favorite author out of pure luck.  They spend a lot of time together, but the funny thing is is that Billy is more successful than Trout.  No one knows about him.    

Chapter 8

     Billy meets Kilgore Trout in this chapter who is Billy's favorite author.  Barbara, Billy's daughter, does not like Trout because she blames him for his craziness.  The destruction of Dresden takes place next "on the night of February 13, 1945,'"(Vonnegut 228).  This is ironic because the number 13 has recieved the title of "unlucky".  Billy is lucky though on this day because he is one of the few to survive this horrific bombing.

Chapter Seven

     The only idea I can come up with to relate this chapter to is a ski resort.  I picture being on a ski lift going up the hill when all of a sudden I hear a loud noise.  I see the plane appear in the sky and notice that it is very low and heading straight for the top of the mountain.  When it crashes everyone goes into panic mode and it is a frenzy.  Once all of the passengers are rescued and returned to safety the plane rubbage and debris is cleaned up.  It reminds me almost of 9/11/2001.

Chapter 7

     In the later part of this book, chapter seven, a lot happens.  The plot begins to tumble towards the resolution of the story and Billy is seeing the end of his life much more.  Billy gets on a plane to go to Montreal with other optometrists.  During their flight the plane crashes into a mountain.  Miraculously, Billy is the only passenger on the plane to survive.  A flashback occurs next, and Billy is back in Dresden eating syrup with Edgar Darby but he had to "hid[e] the sticky spoon. Somebody was coming" (Vonnegut 205) and he could've gotten into trouble.

Chapter 6

     This chapter reminds me of mafia movies like Casino, The Godfather, and Goodfellas because of Paul Lazzaro promising Billy he would kill him.  Billy knows he is going to die but can not do anything to stop it from happening.  In mafia movies, people always know when they are going to die because of hits needing to be made.  The way Billy gets killed also is similiar to mafia hits.  Billy was shot from a distance and nobody knows who did it.  The only person who knows anything about his killing is Billy because Paul Lazzaro arranged it.

Chapter 6

     The American Prisoners of War are moved to Dresden.  Billy is the joke of the prisoners as usual because he was not meant to be a soldier in the war and is not properly dressed.  A man, who is a surgeon, sees him in Dresden and believes he is trying to dress funny.  He thinks that Billy "find[s] war [to be] a very comical thing" (Vonengut 193), but Billy doesnt respond to him.  Billy can not help it that he keeps being compared to a clown (metaphor).  He took what clothing he could find and is trying to stay warm.

Chapter Five

     Chapter five is relatable to a relative spending a week at another family members house.  At first, everyone is excited to be together, but after a while the happiness fades away.  The owners of the house get tired of picking up messes, but they don't do anything about it.  Finally, the relative leaves to go back home.  After this happens, everyone is happy.  In slaughterhouse-five though, there is no happy ending.