What is Slaughter House 5 about?

Answer 1

to tell his personal story of when he was taken prisoner as a POW during WWII and he witnessed firsthand the aftermath of the Dresden bombing. Slaughterhouse-Five was his way of telling his war story through a fictional character named Billy Pilgrim and how the war affected Vonnegut.

Answer 2

"Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut is a Science Fiction novel that follows the experiences of Billy Pilgrim, a soldier who becomes "unstuck in time" and experiences different moments of his life, including his time as a prisoner of war during World War II. The novel explores themes of war, free will, and the impact of trauma.

Answer 3

He actually explains this at the beginning of the book. Something like "The war parts in this book are true" - "one of my friends really was shot for stealing a kettle...", and how he was in Dresden for the bombing. I'm not sure exactly how much the war scenes in the book reflect his own experience, though.

Answer 4

Kurt Vonnegut explores the concepts of Time, death, and free will being illusions through the simple phrase "so it goes". The main character is a time traveler of sorts, constantly hopping around throughout his existence, never knowing where or when he will be. He regularly is warped back and forth from his "current" existence to his "past" existence.

This illustrates the linearity of time being broken, that the concept of time is man-made.

So it goes.

Answer 5

Mostly the bombing of Dresden during WW 2.

Answer 6

War keeps happening because books and movies make people think it is good.

APEX:)

Answer 7

War continues because books and movies create false ideas about it.

~apex

Answer 8

he was gay