Slaughterhouse-Five Chapter Summary

War can be effective and aspire people to various expansions. Kurt Vonnegut was negatively affected by war, to write Slaughterhouse-Five. Vonnegut introduces a man by the name of Billy Pilgrim who served in World War Two. Pilgrim shows the realities of war with an ugly truth; either you are left to die, or you would be traumatized. To regular citizens not attending within the war, they might see to soldiers as an act of heroism. In the first chapter, Vonnegut goes and visits O’Hare where he meets his wife -Mary O’Hare, who seemed angry with the idea that Vonnegut is going to write some heroic war story. On page 15, it states “It was war that made her so angry. She didn’t want her babies or anybody else’s babies killed in wars.” It means that it is expected of many that you would die in battle. It doesn't matter if it was an act of

In chapter three, it mentions the traumatic moments for Billy Pilgrim. On page 61 it mentions just how bad Pilgrim is actually affected by war. It states “Every so often for no apparent reason, Billy Pilgrim would find himself weeping. Nobody had ever caught Billy doing it. Only the doctor knew. It was an extremely quiet thing Billy did, and not very moist.” The reason Vonnegut included this material in his chapter is to demonstrate that Billy is suffering from the war.it is later proven that if he never went to war, he would have never wept at all. In chapter four page 77, the Tralfamadorians had just taken Billy to a different dimension where he learns a valuable lesson. It states “Well here we are Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.” These sentences seemed to have a double meanings. No one understands why time will last forever during some moments and a few seconds during others. This has to do with not only war at this point, but the actions surrounding the soldiers as well as the events taking