In Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughter House-Five he tells a twisted tale of the life of a young boy, "who has become "unstuck in time"" (Houston, par 3). The novel does not have smooth transitions from one event to the next, such as visiting with aliens, then to married life, than to war all in one page. Because of that the book is somewhat confusing; this is just like modern man's life, confusing. This book undermines the reader's expectations. Vonnegut wrote this novel in such a way so it would break all the rules of the conventional novel. The conventional novel has smooth transitions; so to break the rules, Vonnegut wrote this book without any smooth transition. This book also reflects the life that modern men live. Life is not smooth; it is usually more of a bumpy ride. This novel is very complicated. Modern life is complicated and full of confusing issues. On a side note "the bombing of Dresden killed about 135,000 people which is more than the number of deaths in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined" (Boomhower, par 1)). As this book is read some different things to look at is the term "so it goes", Billy being weak or strong, importance of sight, illusion of freewill, Billy and aliens, and innocence
             Kurt Vonnegut is one of the favorite dark humorists of the past century. He has become one of the most respected authors of his generation. For twenty years, he worked on writing his most famous novel ever: Slaughterhouse-Five. The New York Times called him "A laughing prophet of doom". However, he himself thought it was a failure. Kurt tied in personal beliefs, characters, and settings from his life into this novel. He grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. There were three traumatic experiences he talked about in this novel that happened to him as he was growing up. One was when his father took him to the pool when he was young and tau...