character Billy Pilgrim; before, during, and after the war.
and one' s feelings about them.
and to come to terms with them.
Slaughterhouse-Five takes place during World War II.
sharing the sufferings of his enemies (Reed 494).
to accept the traditional concept of time (Lundquist 19).
planet Tralfamadore where he is whisked off to by aliens.
at Dresden and give order to the disorder of the universe.
in this chaotic universe (Boyce 7018).
Dresden to the Biblical destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
enable him to understand (Lundquist 75).
experiences by making light of them.
deserving of death for plundering a mere teapot.
moment and every moment lasts forever" (Lundquist 53).
say, Why don t you write an anti-glacier book instead?
This prayer epitomizes Vonnegut' s message to his readers.
universe is in our hands.