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Billy Pilgrim Is The Character Of Kurt Vonnegut

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Kurt Vonnegut does not believe there is a central character in his book; he is just mainly telling a story. However, Billy Pilgrim is the character most talked about in the book. Billy is not your typical main character as Kurt paints him as an anti-hero. Billy is a skinny, frail with an odd shape, which all in a manner contribute to the type of man that he is. Billy is a simple, non-confrontational man, pathetic and almost everyone in the book ridicule or takes advantage of him. Furthermore, Billy is not in control of his destiny; every facet of his life has been influenced by someone from his Chaplin assistant job n the military, his employment as an optometrist, and his marriage to his boss’ daughter. An example of acceptance is when his
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