Slaughterhouse Five TAKS practice

The author of “slaughterhouse five” deglorifies war by showing the humiliation that the American soldiers face when captured by the Germans. Once they have been captured the Americans “formed a fool’s parade” and were forced to march through the streets of Germany while citizens gawked at them. Once at the prison the men are forced to disrobe and the German officials, “measured Billy’s upper right arm with his thumb and forefinger, asked a companion what sort of army would send a weakling like that to the front”, degrading him in front of other Americans and Germans alike. The humiliation that the Americans must feel is exemplified through these scenes.