Billy Pilgrim's Slaughterhouse-Five

We all know that, world war II, was a hard disastrous time in history,but in the story slaughterhouse-five we learn from another perspective of the author who was sent in for the battle of the bulge and witnessed the bombing of Dresden. The author had many experiences from which he had with world war II, he shows what happened and could have been his thoughts throughout the narrator Billy Pilgrim. First, Slaughterhouse five says different themes and how they relate to war. Secondly, there's many events from when the author Kurt Vonnegut’s life that made him feel this way about the war. Lastly, and the attitude of Vonnegut towards war and how it affected the narrator. This novel of Vonnegut’s seemed to help him with his experiences through
One event of the two major ones is the great depression. Before the great depression his family had a lot of wealth but, when the it came his family lost all the wealth throughout this time. According to james lundquist, “impressed vonnegut with the enormous amount of suffering in the world-suffering caused mainly by the loss of self-respect forced upon people by economic conditions beyond their control (2 lundquist). The great depression was a economic problem that affected vonnegut and his family since, they lost all their wealth. Right before, world war ii vonnegut enlisted into the military. When, he got called to go into the military he “goes home before leaving for the war and sees that his mother committed suicide( 147 bloom). This could have had a major effect on him before, he ended to war and sees his mom committed. This could have hurt him emotionally and maybe physically. Another, major event that had made him feel this way is world war ii. World war ii was his first experience in war. In 1944 was when he became a prisoner of war in germany. Most of his group in the war have been captured except, being for him and a few others. Vonnegut and some others find a slaughterhouse which had storage lockers (war on vonnegut 10). Once, he got out the city of Dresden was destroyed. Slaughterhouse-five has different types of science fiction in it,
As stated in paragraph three World War II shaped his thought and development from the aftermath of being in it. Vonnegut prefaces this novel with an account of his own pilgrimages throughout time as he tried to write about his dresden experience (44 war). From, facing a major war and coming back to reality isn't easy to do. The memories will always be there, and whatever you saw you can't unsee it. The war could have had many major effects on him whether it was emotional or even physical. (changed words “Vonneguts experiences in World War II affected his attitudes, his experiences shows of what he thought of it and how he made billy”(world book kurt vonnegut). After, serving in a war it could change how you were before you went to the warzone compared to after. When, in the novel the character Billy Pilgrim keeping having hallucinations, or going from the future, to the past to the present. Vonnegut could have made him like this because, “Vonnegut on more than one occasion, described himself as schizophrenic”( Vonneguts PTSD). After, being in the war it can also affect your memory or how you see everyday things. Also, stated that he could be schizophrenic “Just like Billy not being able to remember basic information about life beyond the slaughterhouse prison, Vonnegut too seemed to struggle in his memories of this time and place”(Vonnegut’s PTSD). The author may have had all these thoughts