The cold and dark night inside a confined space underground. Restless on the cold hard floor beside various types of meat, some hanging, forming silhouettes that resemble that of a human. A personal experience that traumatized the famous writer Kurt Vonnegut. For twenty years he refrains from writing about his story of World War II. When the time comes he writes the novel with an inspired title from his event in the freezer, Slaughterhouse-Five. Kurt Vonnegut wanted to write Slaughterhouse-Five as a response to war. He does this in a way by having the main character gain the ability jump through time. Vonnegut wanted to organize the story to be almost schizophrenic. At points in the story there will be so much going on, it is difficult to understand. The reader itself will feel uneasy about the whole situation. Vonnegut would have put his intent through; having the reader feel uneasy about war itself. Kurt Vonnegut makes a point towards war by writing in a style that is simple and clear, kind of dry. But still adds meaning to it because of what the topic is about. In a quote from the book, he talks about Americans and wealth/love: …show more content…
Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.” (p.