DO NOW: Freewrite about the events last Friday

OBJECTIVES: analyze Vonnegut’s use of literary devices to create humor/ social commentary.

1. DO NOW
2. Tralf/Earthling chart
3. Discuss chapter 8:

   1. Why does Campbell visit the American POWs?   

   2. How does Derby respond to Campbell? What does Vonnegut admire about Derby’s “moment”?

   3. How does Billy meet Trout?

   4. What does Trout’s story about robots perhaps say about the bombing of Dresden?

   5. How does Billy react to the barbershop quartet? Why do you think this is/what does it show about him?

   6. How does Billy describe Dresden after the fire-bombing?

   7. What do the American fighter planes do after the fire-bombing?

   8. What do the Americans find in the suburb of Dresden?
4. John Green Lecture, continued
5. 1. Is Vonnegut against all war? What event is his main criticism in Sl-5?
   2. What is the point of the first part of ch 10, about his guns rusting?

HW: Finish book