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Epiphany Wilson Mr. Thompson Eng II 12 May 2017 On Slaughterhouse Five Slaughterhouse Five is about a man, Billy Pilgrim, who suffers from a nervous breakdown and soon after becomes "unstuck in time". When this happens he travels through his past in Dresden and an outrageous future with aliens. He also gets to relive his loveless marriage and his life as an optometrist. On his trip with the Tralfamadorians, the aliens, he adopts their thought on death; no matter what happens in life there was no

Poseidon vs. Megatron What makes someone a true villain? Someone powerful but answers to another or someone so powerful no one could command him? A villain is someone so strong or powerful the can do whatever they want, including evil. Movies and books have many famous villains but two incredible ones are Poseidon a villain written by the Greek poet, Homer, and Megatron a villain from the movie Transformers. When put next to Poseidon, Megatron is better for numerous reasons. Some people believe

Spectatorial Address of Some Like It Hot A film of the fifties, Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, USA, 1959) provides insight into the state of the film industry, recently wracked by legislation and censorship, the implementation of pre-existing technology in part to combat the new limitations, the importance of the star system, and the two-sided response to the social norms, both contradicting and reinforcing the status quo. Billy Wilder seemingly celebrates disregard for moral values of the time as a source

Double Indemnity (1994) is a movie director by Billy Wilder with his screenwriting partner Raymond Chandler, which is based on James M. Cain’s famous novel. The main storylines in the book and the movie are roughly the same; it talks about how an experienced insurance seller Walter helps a housewife Phyllis to murder her husband to get the double indemnity. There are still many notable changes in the transition from book to film, like characters’ action, plot, style, and relationship between anti-hero

The moment I was informed about this oral history report, only one person came to my mind when deciding who to compose this project about. This person was my grandfather. He was an inspiration in my life. This project has given me the opportunity to reflect back onto my grandfather’s stories and historical accomplishments for on March 19, 2012 was the day my grandfather Richard “Joel” Pettingell left this earth. There was no such thing as a dull moment in my grandfather’s life. The time I got to

Many people know Marilyn Monroe as a beauty and pop culture icon, an actress, and a singer. But, many do not know just how she was discovered. If someone asked you to guess how she was discovered, what would you guess? Sitting in a restaurant, dining on gourmet food? Standing in line for a movie or play, all dressed up? How about working in an airplane factory, aiding in the war effort? Marlin got her start as a model for David Conover, who worked as an army photographer for the 1st motion picture

man named Billy Pilgrim who time travels through his own life, and becomes ‘unstuck’ in time after being abducted by aliens. In the story he eventually loses himself and his relationship with his daughter. Though the story takes place in a non chronological order, this book is considered semi-autobiographical because events in this book had actually taken place and affected Vonnegut himself. Social commentary in this book are based solely off of violence and self loss. In the book Billy Pilgrim

novel, and it written by Kurt Vonnegut. A man named Billy Pilgrim who is unstuck in time, and always goes all relives various occasions throughout his life. Billy pilgrim is a main character in this book. “Billy is born in 1922 in Ilium, New York. He grows into a weak and awkward young man, studying briefly at the Ilium School of Optometry briefly before he is drafted” (Borey 1). Then, after training he sent to the Germany during the war. Billy acknowledges diverse values and sees horrible and morbid

In the novel, Slaughterhouse – Five, by Kurt Vonnegut many variations of literary devices are utilized by the author. Those literary devices are used to describe the encounters of the main character billy pilgrim in his confusing journey through time and history as he tries to uncover the meaning of war and its effects. Kurt Vonnegut being the sole survivor of the bombing of Dresden himself vicariously lives through the protagonist of the story to highlight the author's adventures and thoughts, as

made from the fat of rendered Jews and Gypsies and fairies and communists, and other enemies of the State. So it goes." This is an illustration that Billy discusses with somebody who has kicked the bucket. The case demonstrates how the Germans executed the Jews, tramps and communists and after that transformed their fat into water and cleanser. Billy says, "So it goes", again instead of clarifying the entire