Slaughterhouse-Five (the Children’s Crusade) Kurt Vonnegut Theme- Military/War
Slaughterhouse-Five (the children’s crusade)
Kurt Vonnegut
Theme- Military/War
Quote- Page 15 “So then I understood. It was war that made her so angry. She didn’t want her babies or anybody else’s babies killed in wars. And she thought wars were partly encouraged by books and movies.”
Explanation: The author Kurt Vonegut is sitting with his war buddy, Bernard B. O’Hare, and Bernard’s wife, Mary O’Hare. Kurt wants Bernard to help remember details of the war so that he can write this book, and Mary gets visibly angry. Mary interrupts Kurt and Bernard’s conversation by saying they were just babies in the war and complains that Kurt will glamorize war and make it look great so that more babies will have to fight in wars like her babies. Kurt in return tells her he will not glamorize the war and agrees they were just babies then Kurt tells her he will call the book “The Children’s Crusade”.
Why is the example important to the story- this quote is important to this story by showing character. Billy Pilgrim the soldier who wasn’t ready for war. It is expressed threw out the book that Billy doesn’t look he belongs in the war. Billy is a childish and innocent man not knowing what is right from wrong. Billy has to be saved multiple times by Ronald Weary, but Billy would rather just go no further he was cold, hungry, embarrassed, and incompetent. Unlike Billy, his comrades toughed it out without complaining, Billy was just not cut out for war. Billy makes a fool of his bearded self by wearing a blue toga and silver shoes, with his hands in a muff. While marching the streets of Dresden a man is offended by Billy’s appearance as if he was mocking the German soldiers. Billy not thinking his appearance would offend anyone withdrew the items from his pocket showed the man then
Kurt Vonnegut
Theme- Military/War
Quote- Page 15 “So then I understood. It was war that made her so angry. She didn’t want her babies or anybody else’s babies killed in wars. And she thought wars were partly encouraged by books and movies.”
Explanation: The author Kurt Vonegut is sitting with his war buddy, Bernard B. O’Hare, and Bernard’s wife, Mary O’Hare. Kurt wants Bernard to help remember details of the war so that he can write this book, and Mary gets visibly angry. Mary interrupts Kurt and Bernard’s conversation by saying they were just babies in the war and complains that Kurt will glamorize war and make it look great so that more babies will have to fight in wars like her babies. Kurt in return tells her he will not glamorize the war and agrees they were just babies then Kurt tells her he will call the book “The Children’s Crusade”.
Why is the example important to the story- this quote is important to this story by showing character. Billy Pilgrim the soldier who wasn’t ready for war. It is expressed threw out the book that Billy doesn’t look he belongs in the war. Billy is a childish and innocent man not knowing what is right from wrong. Billy has to be saved multiple times by Ronald Weary, but Billy would rather just go no further he was cold, hungry, embarrassed, and incompetent. Unlike Billy, his comrades toughed it out without complaining, Billy was just not cut out for war. Billy makes a fool of his bearded self by wearing a blue toga and silver shoes, with his hands in a muff. While marching the streets of Dresden a man is offended by Billy’s appearance as if he was mocking the German soldiers. Billy not thinking his appearance would offend anyone withdrew the items from his pocket showed the man then