Kurt Vonnegut, relgion, etc.

When reading Slaughterhouse-Five it is extremely noticeable that Kurt Vonnegut attempts to open your mind beyond the limits that society established once as untouchables. As a beginning, for Vonnegut "most human behavior, no matter how ghastly or ludicrous or glorious or whatever, is innocent," , according to himself in his autobiographical book which name is Palm Tree. So, since for him human attitude is innocent, human laws and norms are ridiculous and try to control you trough politicians or anyone else, and also religion is ridiculous and tries to control your life in the name of God whose existence is doubtful.

The sarcasm and careless for things that Billy Pilgrim shows in Slaughterhouse-Five reflects Vonnegut’s careless for everything since human is innocent. What could be important in a world controlled by naive humans who live in a false atmosphere? At least Bil

When Billy went out to meet the flying saucer or when he tells everyone in a conference that he was about to die, are important moments in analyzing the book, as metaphors or as making fun of human beliefs like chronology or death or eternal peace between humans. I think that when he talks with the Tralfamadorians is the decisive point in the story, because in it comes the relationship of humankind’s destiny with destiny: it is simply inevitable.

Despite Vonnegut’s pessimism, he defends one’s independency, he defends human capacity of doing things by their own. He tells us that we must not let anybody or anything control our personalities, does not matter if it is a god, politician, public figure, or anybody else. Something weird and difficult to do if we are controlled by time and destiny.

A strong point in saying humanity is ridiculous in arguing about free will or rights or anything worth fighting for, is that e

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