Thursday, April 22, 2010

Slaughterhouse-Five

Slaughterhouse-Five was one of my favorite books that I have read in all of high school. I really like the way that Vonnegut approached this book. I am finding the existentialists very interesting, I like the way they look at most things. This one is a little bit different to answer, because I don't think that the subject of this book had to do with man being either good or evil. Instead, I think that Vonnegut is telling us that everything happens in a moment, and that moment will always be there. I really liked the Tralfamadorians. The way that Vonnegut described their way of life was so cool because the way that they thought and saw things was so different from the way humans see things. I do not think that the Tralfamadorians see good or evil. It is interesting that this is a generally light hearted story, because it is supposed to be about Dresden, which was such a horrible bombing. I believe that what Vonnegut was trying to get across was that he was anti-war, but war is inevitable. War is a moment in time, and that moment will always be the same. Vonnegut realizes that certain things are inevitable, but when does inevitability turn into the lack of free will?