Chapter 1 (Lit Terms)

At the beginning of the chapter, Vonegut talks about the conflict of war and his anitwar book. It seems that he might have an internal conflict with war and what it creates. He realizes the distruction that war causes and the long-lasting effects that it has on all aspects of life. Vonegut compares war to an always moving glarcier and "what he meant, of course, was that there would always be wars, that they were as easy to top as glarciers" (pg 3). He then takes a trip to Dresend where begins flashback to the firebombing.