Comparing Vonnegut's Slaughter House Five And Lust

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Non-linear style of writing is when a story is not told in a certain chronological order. Slaughter House Five and Lust is great example of non-linear writing, but are used in different ways. In Slaughter House Five, Kurt Vonnegut uses a science fiction approach. While on the other end Susan Minot uses a journey type of approach to tell her story. A non-linear format fits Slaughter House Five, because it shows that Billy Pilgrim is traveling back in forth in time. With the story visiting different moments in his life it helps you to feel like you are traveling with him. Just like how Billy does not know where he is about to travel to next you will not know

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