One the first page of Chapter 8, Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American who had become a nazi came to speak to the soldiers two days before Dresden was destroyed. On this page, Vonnegut used imagery to allow the reader to see what Howard W. Campbell Jr. really looked like. His fine detail allowed the reader to really visualize what Campbell looked like as he was speaking to the Americans.
"Campbell was an ordinary looking man, but he was extravagantly costumed in a uniform of his own design. He wore a white ten-gallon hat and black cowboy boots decorated with swastikas and stars. He was sheathed in a blue body stocking which had yellow stripes running from his armpits to his ankles. His shoulder patch was a silhouette of Abraham Lincoln's profile on a field of pale green. He had a broad armband which was red, with a blue swastika in a circle of white."
Vonnegut used imagery in this particular part of the chapter to allow the reader to see what the character actualy looked like. His specific attention to all the details made it easy for the reader to create a mental picture of what the soldiers were really seeing. The soldiers may have all been tired and ready to be done with the day, but after the statement that Campbell made in his clothing, he got their attention. Campbell really wanted them to join the front line of the Russians. Vonnegut's great use of imagery allowed the reader to really visualize Howard W. Campbell Jr.!!
I like the way that Vonnegut described Campbell using imagery as Bridget said. He seems very well dressed and rich which is what i would expect of someone that leaves one group, like Campbell left the United States, and becomes part of an enemy group, the Nazis. I think that Vonnegut does this to make fun of people who are rich and only want attention so they make a big change.
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