Slaughterhous-Five

Possibly one of the least likely of any anti-war heroes, Billy is an optometrist before the war. When the U.S. joins the war, Billy is drafted. A scrawny person to begin with, his comical appearance is accentuated when he is given a uniform that doesn’t fit. Thrust into combat, he is quickly captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He quickly experiences one of many trips he takes in time, seeing his entire life at one time. Transported by car to a POW camp in Dresden, he is even more comically adorned in a purpl

The main theme of the book is about war. It is an antiwar book, so it talks about the destructiveness of war. It shows that Billy Pilgrim was forced to adulthood through the war, and while many people lost everything during and after, Billy gained everything after it. The war seemed to have destroyed his life, since he seems to be hallucinating. The Tralfamadorians may just seem to be a coping mechanism for the horrors he experienced in war.

He makes a tape stating how he’s going to die, as he has seen it many times before. In

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Battle Bulge, Billy Pilgrim, Pilgrim Possibly, War II, Kurt Vonnegut, war billy, billy pilgrim,