Slaughterhouse Five And The Comforts Of Indifference By...

find that there is none. The story doesn’t morally make any sense, and thats the conclusion Vonnegut is trying to guide the reader towards. The literary criticism of ‘Slaughterhouse Five’ and the Comforts of Indifference, written by Barry Chabot is a critical essay that explores deeper into the meaning behind the eccentric story of Billy Pilgrim, and its creator Kurt Vonnegut. Billy Pilgrim’s indifference is an extension of Vonnegut attempting to come to terms with the violent nature of man. However this â€Å"comfort† is suggested to be â€Å"cruelly inadequate† and described to be an â€Å"opiate of the terminally weary†, (Chabot n.p.) and that the solace Billy Pilgrim finds in indifference only serves to help accommodate him to the atrocities of the world rather than standing up to them. Even though the bombing of Dresden is evidence enough of the destruction brought about by war Vonnegut â€Å"makes references to the concentration camps, the destruction of European Jewry, the bombing of Hiroshima, and behind them, as if to insist that such murderousness is no historical anomaly, to the children s crusades of another era.†(Chabot n.p.) Beyond the violence caused by humans is the inevitable coming of death whether violence is present or not. â€Å"Vonnegut s father died of natural causes, not at the hands of others.† In addition â€Å"Edgar Derby is never mentioned without reference to the fact that he is to be executed for stealing a teapot, an event which is not finally narrated until the finalShow MoreRelatedDeterminism in Slaughterhouse-Five by Billy Pilgrim Essay1460 Words   |  6 PagesDeterminism, particularly pre-determinism, states that the origin of creation controls when and why all events of the past, present, and future occur, which deci sively contradicts the belief in free will of the majority of humans in today’s society. Slaughterhouse-Five follows the life of Billy Pilgrim, a young man who has become â€Å"unstuck† in time. The novel traces Billy’s experiences during the bombing of Dresden in World War II, an encounter with extraterrestrials, called Tralfamadorians, and throughoutRead MoreSlaughterhouse Five By Kurt Vonnegut1242 Words   |  5 PagesSlaughterhouse Five, a novel written by Kurt Vonnegut, depicts unchronological and sometimes nonsensical moments of the life of Billy Pilgrim as he â€Å"become[s] unstuck in time†(Vonnegut S. Five 23) Billy has no control over where he will end up next. â€Å"He has seen his birth and death many times, and he pays random visits to all the events in between†, and â€Å"is in a constant state of fright, ... because he never knows which part of his life he is going to have to act out next.†(Vonnegut S. Five 23)