'Slaughterhouse-Five' is a science fiction novel written by Kurt Vonnegut. The author of this novel wrote about the bombing of Dresden during World War II. The author of this novel witnessed it as an American prisoner of war and managed to survive by hiding in the slaughterhouse. This novel has two narratives, the first narrative specifies Billy's meeting with a tired Roland and their capture by the Germans, their transfer to the prison camp and then to the city of Dresden. In the novel's second narrative, Billy Pilgrim travels through time, from his war experience to his young age and from his young age to his post-war experience and alien abduction. After reading the novel it is possible to analyze Bertram Copeland's characters Rumfoord, Wild Bob and Roland Weary as characters who represent toxic American masculinity. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay In the beginning, Bertram Copeland Rumfoord is a 70-year-old Harvard professor. As he is older in age, but he is very energetic due to his physical strength. “He was on his honeymoon with his fifth wife when he broke his leg. Her name was Lily. Lily was twenty-three.” Those sentences in the story clarify the strength and masculinity of that man Rumerfoord. He broke his leg in a skiing accident in Vermont at the same time that Billy was in a plane crash. Both are injured and share the same room in the hospital. Rumfoord has worked on the history of the United States Army Corps in World War II and is extraordinarily fascinated by investigating the Dresden raid. When Rumfoord and Billy are in the hospital, Rumfoord cannot believe that Billy was actually there, and thinks that Billy is just a useless waste of space. Think of Billy as a vegetable repeating what he has heard. The most important thing about Rumfoord is that he is a kind of superman: a respected Harvard professor, author and athlete who cannot believe that anyone could be as pitiful as Billy who can have nothing to give to the world. Eventually, he determines that Billy was possibly at Dresden; however, he had no interest in telling Billy about his experiences. He has the mentality that the bombing in Dresden was necessary, even though Billy said it wasn't necessary and repeatedly repeats his opinion on the bombing. He is overly suspicious of bleeding hearts mimicking that the air force did the wrong thing causing so many civilian deaths. He wants to celebrate the bombing of Dresden as “a resounding success”. Secondly, Wild Bob is an American infantry colonel who loses his entire regiment in World War II. Wild Bob meets Billy as a prisoner of war. He is extremely ill, suffering from double pneumonia from that illness. He imagines Billy as a member of his regiment and gives him a moving speech. He asked Billy about his attire saying "Are you from the Fourfifty-First?" and Billy replied "Fourfifty-first thing." When the Billy answered his question if he belonged to the “infantry regiment,” he tearfully quoted “It's me guys! It's Wild Bob!”. These are the words he always hears from his troops. These sentences from the novel examine the fact that Wild Bob wants to be a good leader and has good leadership skills. Some of his words become repeated refrains in the novel, these words are: "'If you ever find yourself in Cody, Wyoming, just ask for Wild Bob!' I was there.” There is something terrible in Wild Bob's sharpness in this novel as he utters his last words to a boy who doesn't.