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An antisocial, bullying young soldier from Pittsburgh, Roland Weary survives a German attack on his unit and stumbles on two scouts, with whom he imagines he has teamed to form “The Three Musketeers.” Weary also finds Billy and drags him along behind enemy lines, but the scouts are killed by Germans and Weary and Billy are captured. Weary is given ill-fitting shoes by the Germans and later dies of gangrene in his feet. He vows revenge against Billy, whom he blames for his death.
Roland Weary Quotes in Slaughterhouse-Five
The Slaughterhouse-Five quotes below are all either spoken by Roland Weary or refer to Roland Weary. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2
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Five German soldiers and a police dog on a leash were looking down into the bed of the creek. The soldiers’ blue eyes were filled with a bleary civilian curiosity as to why one American would try to murder another one so far from home, and why the victim should laugh.
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Roland Weary Quotes in Slaughterhouse-Five
The Slaughterhouse-Five quotes below are all either spoken by Roland Weary or refer to Roland Weary. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 2
Quotes
Five German soldiers and a police dog on a leash were looking down into the bed of the creek. The soldiers’ blue eyes were filled with a bleary civilian curiosity as to why one American would try to murder another one so far from home, and why the victim should laugh.
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