Novel = Play ??? (Anas)

I don't think that this novel could work as a play because of the unique style of writing that is utilised to write the book. Most of the novels that are converted into plays are written by people who are conventional writer. These writers have degrees in writing and use the same skeleton to write their stories as the other authors. But in this case, Slaughterhouse Five was written by someone who didn't have a writing degree. The author was not a writer by occupation and he definitely didn't follow the conventional way of writing. Kurt Vonnegut uses his own style of writing which may seem unique and "different", but is unquestionably effective. If an attempt was to be made to turn this book into a play, it would not be very successful. There are many scenes in the book which just cannot be acted out. The time warps provide a very difficult challenge for the play makers. How are they supposed to create the same effects through acting, which have been created through writing which lets the audience perceive things with their own imagination? By creating a play, the ideas that are not clear will be portrayed in the way that the playmakers perceive them, rather than letting the audience do so which is what Vonnegut wanted. An attempt to make a movie has been made, and that attempt was not very successful and that shows that Slaughterhouse Five can only be as "magical" as it is, in the form of a novel.