FUTURE ME !!

This was hands down the coolest assignment I've had. Really had me thinking! Crazy what technology can do these days. Can't imagine what the future has in store!

Post modern prezi's!

Watching Frank present his post modernism project. The song was good :)!

MY SLAUGHTERHOUSE

    What is Postmodernism?  Some believe Postmodernism can be whatever the hell you want.  Others believe it can be considered postmodern by not being in chronological order, have a sense of humor, and breaking rules.  Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut, can be considered postmodern because it goes back and forth in time, it mixes reality with science-fiction, and has irony.

   Billy Pilgrim, the main character, is a time travel that moves back and forth in time.  Kurt Vonnegut would be talking one moment about how Billy was a child, and the next he would be a prisoner in WWII.  Kurt uses postmodernism in this novel by breaking the rules of time and not writing it in chronological order.
 
Another reason it is classified as a postmodern is because Kurt mixes reality with science-fiction.  Billy would be a prisoner of war in Dresden, and then he would time travel to the planet Tralmafadore.  Combining the two in Slaughterhouse Five makes these the perfect post modern elements of a story.

 Lastly, it is postmodern because of Kurt Vonnegut's use of irony.  After something terrible would happen, or someone died, Kurt would say, "So it goes."  A phrase said with no expression of feelings.  In reality is would be sad, but in Slaughterhouse five, they just moved on like nothing happened.  So it goes.

 All in all, Slaughterhouse Five is one of the best examples of a postmodern book because it's use of irony, lack of rules, and lack of chronological order.

Post modernism project:

So It Goes.....

Chapter 9;

Billy lost his wife in a car accident. She heard about his plane crash and was hysterical. She was driving to get to the hospital and got into a fender bender. As she took off the muffler came off of the car and by the time she arrived to the hospital she became unconscious and died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Rooming with Billy was a 70 year old man named Rumfoord. He had a 25 year old fiancé that brought him books. Rumfoord would talk to Billy about his time in Dresden and how horrible it must have been. Billy time travels back to New York where he buys more books that Trout wrote then travels back to tralmafadore to Montana and the baby.

Chapter 8;

Billy meets an author that he absolutely adores. His name is Kilgore Trout. Kilgore is fascinated with how Billy knows him because he hasn't had a single fan of his books so far. Billy invites him to his anniversary party and when the quartet starts to sing to Billy he starts to feel sick. Kilgore knows something's suspicious and suspects he has seen a time portal. But Billy denies it and realizes that he felt sick because it reminded him of the night Dresden was bombed. Billy then time traveled to Tralfamadore and told Montana the story of Dresden. He travels back to the war when the city got bombed and the prisoners of war and guards found an Inn where they were welcomed to stay.

Chapter 7;

Not much happened in chapter 7 of Slaughter House 5. Billy was going on a trip with other optometrists on a plane and he knew the plane would crash. Right before it did he closed his eyes and time traveled back to the war in Dresden. There, he, Gluck, and Derby were walking around the camp looking for the kitchen. They wet to work the next day. They were surrounded by a special syrup that had minerals and honey in it. You weren't supposed to eat it because it was only for pregnant women but there was hidden spoons around everywhere for the workers to secretly eat some once or twice a day. Billy and Derby had some syrup and heard someone coming to they went back to work.