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In the books, Slaughter House 5 by Kurt Vonnegut and Catch 22 by Joseph Heller there
are many themes that at first don't appear to be related but once given a closer look have
striking similarities. Both books are about one mans experience through World War II,
one being a fighter pilot and another being a soldier. Each man is known as an anti-war
hero. They do not agree with the war and do not find it appropriate to fight for it.
Neither of the two men was the average "John Wayne" war hero that fights and dies for
his country. This is what makes these two books stand out from other war books. Both
of these books also were used during the Vietnam War as anti-war books denouncing the
war.

One major theme that comes up in both of these books is the theme of no free will.
In Slaughterhouse 5 Vonnegut proclaims through the narrator that there is no such thing
as free will and that all things in life are predestined. That no matter what we chose to do
we really......

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