Chapter 1

While reading the first chapter, I saw how Mary, O'Hare's wife hates war. She especially hates it because it kills many children. When I read this part, it made me think aobut how in some countries, people have children fighting in wars everyday. I understood how she felt about the children being killed and brainwashed by war. Even though Vonnegut and O'Hare survived war as children, that does not mean that other kids survived and will survive in wars to come.

Chapter 1 (Lit Terms)

While reading the first chapter, I was able to discover the types of characters in the story. Vonnegut gives great descriptions of all of the characters named in the first chapter. When Vonnegut goes to visit an old friend from war, Bernard V. O'Hare, he had the time to sit down and talk to O'Hare as well to meet his wife, Mary. As Vonnegut describes Mary, he used Direct Characteriszation. Mary did not seem to like Vonnegut at first. As they began to talk, Vonnegut realized why Mary was not fond of him. It was not that she did not like him, it was that she did not like what he was going to write about. She also does not like that young children are being put into war. When Vonnegut finally understood, he says, "It was war that made her so angry. She didn't want her babies or anybody else's babies killed in war." (15) Vonnegut then told her than he would not write the way she thought he would, and she began to be nice to him.

first blog!

well, here is my first of many blogs for the summer.. I look forward to reading this book and looking to see what we all have to say about it! Have a great summer everyone. Goodluck!