How is Ilium, New York important to the plot or them of "Slaughterhouse-Five"?

Question

essay due tomorrow, need help! and: What could be a central question raised by the story? and the extent to which it is answered.

Answer 1

"Ilium is a fictitious town in eastern New York state, used as a setting for many of Kurt Vonnegut's novels.
The name most likely refers to Troy, New York ("Ilium" was the name the Romans gave to ancient Troy). In all other respects, Ilium very closely resembles Schenectady, New York, with the fictional Iroquois river standing in for the real Mohawk River, which flows east-west through Schenectady. The Ilium Works is in roughly the same geographic location as the General Electric plant in Schenectady, where Vonnegut worked as a public relations writer. Still, the city of Ilium is quite clearly distinct from Schenectady, as characters in Player Piano refer to Schenectady as a separate place."

Answer 2

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