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During times of war soldiers experience horrific atrocities that are mentally and physically crippling. Most cannot begin to comprehend these sinister and morbid images due to their lack of military experience. In Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, the main character is Billy Pilgrim, who serves the United States in World War II. Billy is a…

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