Post Traumatic Stress Disorder In Slaughterhouse Five

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Slaughterhouse-Five and the Impact of War on the Individual War effects people in multiple ways, some worse than others. “Studies suggest that between twenty and thirty percent of returning veterans suffer, to varying degrees, from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a mental-health condition triggered by some type of terror, or a traumatic brain injury, which occurs when the brain is jolted so violently that it collides with the inside of the skull, causing psychological damage (Finkel 36).” Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is the most common form of affect on an individual involved in warfare, whether it is the victim or the perpetrator. In Slaughterhouse-Five written by Kurt Vonnegut, Billy Pilgrim, the main character, is struggling with PTSD looking for a way to justify everything that occurred. This story reflects Kurt Vonnegut’s side effects from his war experience. As well as, explaining how trauma changes an individual’s circumstance in society.
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut is about a man named Billy Pilgrim who becomes “unstuck in time” meaning he travels back and forth between key moments in
A spouse or caretaker, maybe even a daughter or son, can “find themselves having negative feelings about the traumatized family member. They may believe the trauma survivor no longer shows or even posses the qualities that they loved and admired (A Supplement Take-Home Module).” In Slaughterhouse-Five this is exact idea is presented when Billy’s daughter, Barbara, comes to his home to check on him. Barbara calls out his name but does not receive a response. When she finds her dad she says, “‘Father, Father, Father—what are we going to do with you? Are you going to force us to put you where your mother is (Vonnegut 29)?’” Here, Barbara demonstrates her impatience and lack of sympathy for her father’s actions showing her negative feelings towards

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