Post modernism broke the rules of literature. This style of writing is about breaking the fourth wall, not having chronological order, and using satire go tell a story I a funny but real way. "Slaughterhouse-Five", by Kurt Vonnegut, is one of the first postmodernist books that conveys the postmodernist elements throughout the story.
Kurt Vonnegut breaks the fourth wall in the first sentence of the book. Vonnegut is talking directly to the reader and says, "Listen:". Using the technique of breaking the fourt wall brings the reader into the story. In postmodern literature talking directly to your audience is normal but it was a new and confusing concept to readers if early postmodernism.
"Slaughterhouse-Five" is a sorry about Billy Pilgrim time traveling though his life. Billy met the Tralfamadorians and started to become "unstuck in time" having no sense of time is postmodern. Billy Pilgrim travels in time from the war, to his daughter's wedding, to present days, and back to the war. A story with no sense of time is difficult and frustrating to follow for most readers.
Vonnegut uses satire, parody, and humor to tell a story about war. This element of postmodernism is used for readers to laugh at what is confusing and makes no sense in life. Postmodernism makes fun of what can before this style of writing fiction mixed with nonfiction.
Kurt Vonnegut is one of the postmodernist writers. In "Slaughterhouse-Five" he uses breaking the fourth wall, no chronological order, and satire to tell his story about Billy Pilgrim being "unstuck in time".
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