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1. 1. ”There is no why” : A Psychoanalytic Approach to Trauma and Delusion in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Filip Kall; [2020]
   Keywords : Trauma; Delusion; Psychoanalysis; War; Psychological Mechanisms; Time-Travel; Aliens;

   Abstract : Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut provides a profound discussion on how the many traumas of war affect the human psyche. The novel’s protagonist, Billy Pilgrim, is a direct witness of many horrific events in World War II, which causes certain life-changing symptoms later in his life. READ MORE