The 215-page novel is composed into ten chapters that make a very complex plot. The story covers a large span of time that is not in chronological order—it has different parts of the main character’s life spread out. The author uses a different way to express the flashbacks the character has because of the character’s state of mind. The main character’s stream of consciousness is often interrupted by his thoughts, that the reader later realizes are flashbacks. Because the author directly tells the character what will happen in the story, there is not much foreshadowing. Part of the story is directly parallel to what has happened to the author in real life. The story begins with the author, Kurt Vonnegut, introducing himself and stating
