"I take it you find war a very comical thing... Did you expect us to laugh?" pg. 151 surgeon
So this book makes it very apparent just how terrible war is. It highlights all the awful deaths and bombings. It forces people to look at the harsh realities of war. But does this mean war should be done? And if there is never any war then what is the solution? World peace would be ideal but that probably will never happen. In fact, as sad as it is, I feel like war is inevitable. However I think that people cannot be so quick to jump to bloody, violent wars every time they have a dispute about something. If people would stop being so aggressive and focus more on finding peaceful solutions instead of focusing on making war machines then maybe a solution could come about. There will always be war but war doesn't always have to be going on. This book wants to force people to see how bad war is in hopes that people will be less likely to resort to war.
I was kind of angry with Vonnegut after finishing this book because it doesn't offer a solution to the problem. He dedicates the book to an anti-war theme, to showing gruesome scenes and desensitization of people involved, so he effectively shows the terrors of war. My problem with him is that he doesn't tell us how to avoid it or how to change. Slaughterhouse-Five the sequel?
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