Rome Wasn't Built in One Day

     Chapter 1 of Slaughterhouse Five was one that was very easy to relate with. This man who had experienced so much in his past wanted to document it, and understandably so. After all, this war was one of which many people have taken an interest in, and books like these tend to be read by a large audience. However, he was struggling to put those pieces together, and that is a situation everyone goes through at one point or another. It, at first, reminded me of sitting there with an SAT prompt, just beginning to think about what my side on the persuasion will be and what I'll back up my points with. Then, the story about using crayons and different colors to outline his thoughts was what really reminded me of beginning an essay on a standardized test, because it's taking a bunch of information already rolling through head and putting it on paper in a way that can't hurt. That constant beginning, changing your mind, and starting over was very relate-able, and his ballad on page three did a great job of portraying that:

"My name is Yon Yonson,

 I work in Wisconsin, 

I work in a lumbermill there, 

The people I meet when I walk down the street,

They say, 'What's your name?'

And I say,

'My name is Yon Yonson,

I work in Wisconsin...' " (3).

     This did a great job in helping to explain the hard work that goes into writing a good book like he wanted to. The planning took a long time for him to collect all of his thoughts and put every together. Eventually, after a long period of work, he was able to do just that. After all, Rome was not built in one day, right Lebron?