"I've finished my war book now. The next one I write is going to be fun. This one is a failure, and had to be, since it was written by a pillar of salt. It begins like this:..." p.22
This quote illuminates the set up of the book Slaughterhouse-Five. Just like Frankenstein, the majority of the plot is a frame story. The author is the first-person narrator of the story who is writing a book relating to his past experience from World War 2. The main character is introduced as Billy, who I plan on highlighting in the next blog. To go off on a personal rant, I really enjoy frame story formats for some reason. It's like there's always action happening inside and outside of what is the perceived present. Anyway, this story has a unique structure that constantly jumps around with Billy's time travel. I have found it very interesting thus far, as the frame story and frequent anecdote format has kept me hooked on reading it. One thing that I want to learn in group discussion tomorrow is that if Kurt Vonnegut is supposed to be the actual narrator of the story since I think I may have missed it awhile back.
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