Slaughterhouse Five The emotions of self-pity and guilt for one’s self play a major role in the novel Slaughterhouse Five. This leads to be one of the more interesting aspects of the novel and most other military stories. When one begins to analyze a military novel it is important to first look at the historical context in which the book was written. “On the nights of February 13-14 in 1944 the city of Dresden, Germany …showed first 75 words of 2211 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2211 total…able to answer his own “Why me?” but in truth a broader question exists “Why any of us?” Bibliography Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse Five. New York: Dell Publishing, 1969. Lundquist, James. Kurt Vonnegut. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1997. Klinkowitz, Jerome. Kurt Vonnegut. New York: Methuen, 1982. Tanner, Tony. “The Uncerain Messenger: A Study of the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.” Critical Quarterly, 11 (1969), 297-315; rpt. New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Schatt, Stanley. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Boston: Twayne, 1976, esp. pp. 81-96