SL5 2.

DO NOW- open/fill out the following chart

How are Tralfamadorians and Earthlings most different, and what is Vonnegut showing us through these differences?

Tralfamadorians vs. Earthings:   look on the following pages to find 3 passages to analyze: 26-7, 75-77, 85-88, 114-117,133

Tralfamadorians	Earthlings	Analysis
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Objectives: analyze Vonnegut’s use of literary devices to create humor/ social commentary.

AGENDA:

1. Do now
2. Discuss chapter 6-7 :
1. How does Billy feel about his own death/how will it happen? “If you think that death is a terrible thing, then you have not understood a word I’ve said” (142).
2. Where might Billy have gotten the “idea” of the Tralfamadorians?
3. What’s the irony on page 146 about the city of Dresden?
4. Whose feet are “blue and ivory” on p 148? Why do you think Billy’s feet are also described this way?
5. When does Vonnegut appear again (148)?
6. Who are the “hundred ridiculous creatures” that the new German officers see, and why do the German soldiers feel relieved?
7. Why are the war widow’s gloves white on a zinc (bluish grey) countertop? What does she say about all the “real soldiers”? (159)
8. Why are spoons hidden all over the syrup factory?

3. Discussion: Your other observations/questions from chapters 6-7

4. Begin John Green’s Sl-5 Video

HW: read chapter 8 to the middle of page 192