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Critical Analysis # 1

A main issue that World War II raises for writers is how to represent the ultimately inexpressible horrors of that war and, at the same time, engage the reader in a talk that might create the savage indignation. In the novel "Slaughterhouse Five" Vonnegut has shown many themes and metaphorical issues of the time, this includes his participation in WW2 and his capture and imprisonment in the German city of Dresden. Also Vonnegut explores the deep psychological repercussions of "Billy Pilgrim" the average American and how being in the war and the experiences he encounters changes his life forever in the real world. (148). James Lundquist connects that hopelessness to black humor and argues that such humor is, "in effect, an expression of human inadequacy in the face of the complexities of the universe" This is saying how in "Slaughterhouse Five" Vonnegut uses his dark humor whenever someone dies, i think he used this form of writing because in the time of WW2......

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