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The season finale of The X-Files miniseries ended with a shocker, as Scully and Agent Miller are taken away by (why didn't we see this coming?) a UFO. However, Robbie Amell, who plays Miller in the show, says that it isn't so bad to have his character disappear mysteriously into space. After all, his character Ronnie Raymond has been killed off not once but twice in The Flash! In an interview with Comic Book Resources, Amell spoke about the jaw-dropping X-Files finale. "The ending was insane,"

Kurt Vonnegut introduces the recurring ideas of life/death, time, and war, explicitly, how it affects the characters and the meaning of the anti-war book, Slaughterhouse-Five. The different themes are supported by the ideas that the Tralfamadorians believe and their outlooks of the significance of life itself: life is pointless, and people in the universe are essentially pawns in a chess game. Trivial in the final outcome of time. Many connections in Slaughterhouse-Five can be drawn to the quote

kidnapped by the Tralfamadorians “It was about an Earthling man and woman who were kidnapped by extraterrestrials. They were put on display in a zoo on a planet called Zircon-212” (Vonnegut 204) The second one talks about time traveling “Another Kilgore Trout book there in the window was about a man who built a time machine” (Vonnegut 205) Lastly, he finds a magazine that explains what really happened to Montana Wildhack, the other woman who was abducted with him “the magazine (...) promised that she was

"So it goes." This is the series of words that comes up many times in the wartime novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. Kurt Vonnegut, the author, used this to say that someone has died. He didn't use this phrase once, or twice, but 106 times. This phrase is coined from the aliens that the main character, Billy Pilgrim, is abductd by. These aliens are the masters of space and time. They know the future and the past, even knowing when the world is going to end.They have the philosophy, that when someone dies

Central Theme The novel, Positioning: The battle for your mind, by Jack Trout and Al Ries introduces readers to the concept of positioning. Positioning is a newer alternative approach to classic advertisement, that requires brands to brainstorm from the customer’s point of view. The novel is separated into four major sections and follows multiple central themes. The first and most important theme, is the idea that in order for a product to be successful, it must be the first. According to the authors

Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis, Indiana during 1922. He became a writer after being a Prisoner of War in Germany during World War II. He was the author of several well-known books, including Slaughterhouse- Five, Cat’s Cradle, and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Later in life, he was the recipient of many letters asking him to speak at graduations and give lectures. One letter that he received was from students at Xavier High School, and his response attempted to persuade them to explore

By nature, humans are very competitive towards each other and try to “one-up” someone at every opportunity. But there’s one question that stands out the most: is this competition truly worth it? At the end of the day, all humans will eventually die regardless of their health and prosperity, or so it goes. In Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, he highlights the adventure of a veteran during World War II who is conflicted with himself and his own travels through time. The veteran has flashbacks

Slaughterhouse five otherwise known as “The Children's Crusade” is a book by kurt vonnegut, which is enjoyed by readers for its anti-war themes and writing style, but only partially takes place during a war. Vonnegut's book carries a message, an overall feeling which can be deciphered from its characters and themes. To decipher this message let us start with a bit of everything involved, especially the author’s experiences . The protagonist, a soldier by the name of Billy Pilgrim often experiences

Views on War in Vonnegut's Slaughter House Five   Many people returned from World War II with disturbing images forever stuck in their heads. Others returned and went crazy due to the many hardships and terrors faced. The protagonist in Slaughter-House Five, Billy Pilgrim, has to deal with some of these things along with many other complications in his life. Slaughter House Five (1968), by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., is an anti-war novel about a man’s life before, after and during the time he spent fighting

Choice and Direction in the Writings of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.         Satire in American literature has evolved in response to the development of the American mind, its increasing use of free will, and the context that surrounds this notion.  Satire is the biting wit that authors (labeled satirists) bring to their literature to expose and mock the follies of society.  Satirists can be divided, however, into two groups with very different purposes.   One type  mocks simply for the enjoyment of