Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from Slaughterhouse-Five

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Dresden - This German city was firebombed by the Allies.

Slaughterhouse - Billy and the other Americans POWs are housed in this Dresden building.

Tralfamadore - Billy is kept in a zoo here.

Children's Crusade - A march in which many children died.

mustard gas and roses - Bad, rotten things smell like this.

- The author promises the reader that the book will end with these words.

Ilium - The city in New York where Billy and his wife Valencia live.

So it goes - This phrases marks every death in...
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