Use of satire in SH5 There are many examples of satire and social criticism in Slaughterhouse 5. Vonnegut wrote this book about war with Billy Pilgrim in the main role, telling Billy’s and friends of his experiences from the war. Vonnegut does his best to make war seem unglamorousm, also making commentary on revenge, death and religion. By the frequent usage of black hummor and irony Vonnegut describes the horrors of war meanwhile still presenting it in “funny” way. As a result reader is simultaneously laughing at some of the absurd situations it generates. What adds on the effect is the frequent use of “so it goes” which from the beginning makes you laugh (even when you are not supposed to) above the horrible, most of the time really weird …show more content…
They always make up any excuse possible just avoid the war. If it is not successful and they are send off into the war they are like in slaughterhouse. Most of the soldiers when they survive the war are somehow effected by all bad they have seen. Vonnegut also describes violence in this book and there’s a lot of it. There’s just too much violence in this world and once Billy’s wife dies it’s weird. She died on the way to the hospital, because of exhaust pipe she damaged in car accident. Example of satire is when the Trafalmadorian says to Billy that he has studied many planets in the galaxy and even visited some, and Earth is the only planet that speaks of Free Will. I think that author wants from us to realize that there is no free will in the world and there never will be. There is always a sequence of opinions you have to count with and respect them. Chapter 1, section 10- „You were just babies in the war—like the ones upstairs! [...] But you're not going to write it that way, are you [...] You'll pretend you were men instead of babies, and you'll be played in the movies by Frank Sinatra and John Wayne or some of those other glamorous, war-loving, dirty old men. And war will look just wonderful, so we'll have a lot more of them. And they'll be fought by babies like the babies