Slaughter House 5

According to Mary O’Hare, the people who fight in wars are “just babies”. How does the author support and illustrate this opinion in the narrative portions of Slaughterhouse 5 which deal with the war? By examining several scenes and images discuss Vonnegut’s characterization of the American, German and English soldiers and show how Vonnegut portrays war as childish, and those who fight as children.


I didn’t know that books could be this intriguing, disturbing, enlightening, satirical, and strange all at the same time. This story definitely has a message that is awkwardly strange in a sense that it is a common and blurred message. One of the messages that Vonnegut has through out the book are people who fight in wars are “just babies” as Mary O’Hare says. Mary gets upset with Vonnegut because she believes that he will glorify war in his novel; Vonnegut, however, promises not to do so. Slaughterhouse-Five is a condemnation of war, and Vonnegut's decision to dedicate...