Slaughter House Five
... In the novel Slaughterhouse-Five there is a character that is a spitting image of Vonnegut. ... With the horrors of war Pilgrim went into quasi-insane state he’s described as “bearded … [and] in [a] blue toga and silver shoes, with his hands in a muff (Slaughterhouse-Five 149). ... He couldn’t remember that either (Slaughterhouse-Five 56). ... “I found I could sleep from one to five if I wanted to, spend the afternoon seeing wonderful colour movies. ... Vonnegut isn’t a drunk and not real lonely but he may feel lonely and according to Slaughterhouse-Five does get drunk on occasion. ... ” In Slaughterhouse-Five he objects to the annihilation of Dresden by speaking through a British POW who is telling the American POW’s who are going to Dresden, “‘You needn’t worry about bombs, by the way. ... It is undefended, and contains no war industries or troop concentrations of any importance (Slaughterhouse-Five 146). ... They didn’t figure that out until five hundred years ago!