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    road from the slaughter house. Hundreds of cows milled aimlessly with glazed eyes, through dust clouds of the overturned earth. I watched as several other cars pulled up behind mine, checking in my rear view mirror to see a familiar face. Bianca in her little yellow bug looked so out of place on this filthy dirt road. Today was going to be the day we put a stop to the slaughter. Bianca stepped out of her car and I watched as she slowly walked towards the fence of the slaughter house. A man parked

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    animals, void of mercy. And have managed to create the worst possible way to murder these priceless creatures. The death chamber that the humans use is called a slaughterhouse. A slaughter house is a large facility where humans keep the animals they will kill for meat. Below is the typical process of a slaughter house. “Slaughtering In slaughterhouses animals are received and kept around in stockyards and pens for 1 day. The animals are watered, but in most cases not fed unless they are kept more

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    Slaughter House Five

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    Throughout history war is inevitable, taking the life of another human to defend your home is portrayed as honorable, when in reality it is spilled bloodshed spread through human history since times we were given life. In "Slaughter House Five" by Kurt Vonnegut, he goes over his experience in World War 2 and the effects it had on his mind after. Kurt Vonnegut goes over the glamorization of war that's shown to hide the horrors of war throughout this book, while doing this he also criticizes the war

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    Slaughter House Painting

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    The immediate message portrayed in this painting deals with animal rights. The unknown artist created this colorful and busy image as a voice for animals to open eyes of the public on these doings. The artwork presents a more cutting edge look filled with color instead of old-fashioned and in black and white. Lacking any text, the visual presentation is more than enough to get the message across. It reveals how animals are constantly witnessing their own kind and their brutal deaths. The center of

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    Slaughter House Five centers around how Billy Pilgrim is affected after experiencing the bombing of Dresden during his service in World War II. Pilgrim 's journey through the war impacted the rest of his life, arguably ruining it, and causing him to have PTSD. The creation of the aliens in Pilgrim 's head caused him to look at the world differently, and allowed him to be absolved from most of his guilt. The way Pilgrim reacts to the deaths that surround him also shows his new perspective on life

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    of Warfare During February 1945, World War II had long begun, affecting millions of people throughout the entire world. Disease and famine were faced by both civilians and soldiers, and the casualties were about 80 million. Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughter House-Five mostly takes place during the war, specifically during the time of the infamous Dresden bombing. The main character, Billy Pilgrim, is an American soldier who lived to tell, and was present during, the bombing. It is through Billy Pilgrim’s

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    In spite of having different rooted fate beliefs, both texts present fate as an alleviation from guilt. For example in Slaughter-house Five, Billy uses fate to release the sense of guilt which resulted from being part of the war and surviving despite the thousands of others, including family and friends around that died. Billy survives the bombing in Dresden and escapes from the fifth Slaughterhouse. Yet, Billy does not see himself as being lucky, instead he views his survival as a curse. Hence,

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    Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse Five shows the life of Billy Pilgrim through a twisted tunnel of reality. Pilgrim is raised in Ilium, New York and grows up to become an optometrist but shortly after is drafted into World War 2. This soldier’s life is not shown as a straight line where you’re born in the beginning and die at the end but rather as a scatter plot of time due to Billy’s time traveling ways. “ Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time. Billy has gone to sleep a senile widower and

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    been enslaved? If they are not saved what are they, free? Slaughterhouse, house of slaughter. Today we are going to talk about the world’s forgotten victims: Animals. And the world’s strongest and oldest addiction: Meat Besides psychological and physical abuse, torture, dismemberment and murder, what do you think happens to animals inside of a slaughterhouse? Do you really think there is such a thing as humane slaughter? Exactly what is your definition of humane? Besides psychological and physical

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    electrocuted until a certain day, the reason you were born, is here. Today is the day you are going to be slaughtered. You are crammed into a truck, feeling fresh air for the first time, for transportation with many others and then taken to the slaughter house. Once inside you are put into a tight shoot and stunned many times to try and make the process more “humane” to no avail. You are pushed through the shoot to a scalding tank that is used to soften your skin and remove your hair, most likely happening

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