Chapter 10: Society and War

In chapter 10, I seemed to realize that many things are unpredictable. In Society, many people are unpredictable. Everyone always seems to have different thoughts and then change them. You never know what somebody is going to think or do next. Also, war is extremely unpredictable. One moment everything could be fine, and the next minute, there could be thousands of people gone in a blink of an eye!

Chapter 10: parallelism

While reading the last chapter, I found a great amount of parallelism. Parallelism is the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures. Vonnegut uses a lot of the same phrase. The phrase, "so it goes" was overused throughout the whole book. It makes the reader wonder if the things that happened throughout the story were true or not.

Chapter 9: Hunger in Africa

In chapter 9, Billy sees many things wrong in society. The problem is, he does not cry over it. As much as he doesn’t like what is going on, he seems to not be able to show any emotion over it. Living in America, we are spoiled when it comes to eating. As we know, there are many people in countries, like Africa that do not get the right amount of food. We all feel bad for them, but most people cannot seem to show much emotion on that fact.

Chapter 9: Irony

As I was readng chapter 9, I found an ironic piece. Irony is a discrepancy between appearance and reality. What I thought was ironic about this chapter was that Valencia had a terrible experience driving the car, but still lived. On the other hand, she ended up dying when the car was parked. "Poor Valencia was unconscious, overcome by carbon monoxide." (183) Vonnegut made her survive everything else, but then she died from the unexpected.

Chapter 8: Friendship

In chapter 8, I compared the chapter to friendship. Billy had convinced himself and his friends that he was okay, even when he obviously wasn’t. His friends caught onto it and realized that he was not okay. Real friends know your worst and best moods. Even when you act like you are fine, they know better to know that you are not okay.

Chapter 8: Characterization

Even in one of the last chapters, there is still characters being described. Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality, values, and quality of a character. In this chapter, Campbell is being introduced. "Campbell was an ordinary-looking man, but he was extravagantly customed in a uniform of his own design." (162) Vonnegut was introducing us to Campbell because he is going to be an important character in the rest of the book.

Chapter 7: Community Service

As I was reading chapter 7, I began to think about Billy’s works. He had many contributions on society, many not acknowledged. Not being recognized by many people, Billy still was trying to help others. He affected many lives. This reminded me of community service. Not many people acknowledge what you have done, but in your heart and in the service you have done for someone else, it is forever in your hearts.