Please list 10 ways you can improve your essay scores

1. Choosing better quotes             6. Planning out what I'm gonna say beforehand
2. Staying on topic                        7. Having post it notes in the book while I read it
3. Better word choice                    8. reading my essay after I finished it.
4. Better sentence format               9.Having quotes that are more relevant
5. Better quote explanation            10. Not make up my points without meaning them 

Please write any 15 thoughts about the book Slaughterhouse-5.  For each thought, please refer to a specific part of the book that generated this thought (for instance, “It was funny” receives no credit; “It was funny when he described the Tralfamadorians” receives full credit).

1. I thought it was funny in world war II when Billy was in the lady coat. 

2. It was interesting when he met Montana Wildhack.

3. It was strange how the British PoWs had so much food.  

4. It was odd how he didn't care if Valencia was overweight.

5. It was weird how Billy died in the middle of the book. 

6. Roland Weary was odd because of his hallucinations.

7. I found it intriguing that one of trout's books was just like Billy's life.
8. I didn't like that the main character had no visible emotion.
9. I didn't understand the significance of the dirty photo with the horse.
10. I didn't like the book's format of time travel.
11. What happens to Montana Wildhack after billy leaves Tralfamadore.
12. How does Billy get back to Earth from Tralfamdore.

13. Is Billy just insane and hallucinating after the plane crash or did this really happen.

14. When Billy gets unstuck in time what does it look like to the people in the present.

15. It was ironic that Roland and Billy are captured and the scouts are shot even though the scouts had more experience at evading the Germans.


State 5 possible themes for the book Slaughterhouse-5.
1. emotion

2. time

3. life

4. war

5. death


Write a conversation between yourself and Billy Pilgrim in which he tries to teach you a lesson based on his own experiences.  You must explain IN DEPTH at least 3 specific events and details from the book in order to receive full credit.  This conversation should go on as long as it takes to demonstrate YOUR UNDERSTANDING of Billy’s experiences.
EXAMPLE:
Billy: Hello, Mr. Cheng
Mr. Cheng: Hi Billy
Billy: Have you heard about Tralfamadore?
Mr. Cheng: No, what’s that?
Billy: It’s a planet where they... etc.