Slaughter House - Five is one of those books that can make you remember the past and think about the present and future. As I read about Dresden in the second world war I say to myself " Am I going to ever be in a war?, what would I do?, do I have what it takes?". I think that the most important part is not to survive the actual war but instead what comes after and especially if you will be able to live with yourself. “ Wars were partly encouraged by book and movies”(15), this is why were often mislead about the magnitude and impact war has on a person.
After you’re in a war memories of what happened, to whom it happened, and how you felt stick with you forever. In a war you will mostly have bad memories, because lets face it wars are not good but you will still remember your friends and the people you served with. “Now what was the grand result of all these struggles?” (16) the reminiscence of war are those people who fought and died, you can be sad, even be angry yet you should understand that what happened happened and you need to live in the present and know you cant do anything to change the reality.
Also the guilt of taking another mans life is something you bear with forever. This could tear people apart but you need to find a way to accept what you did or find a way to redeem yourself and ask for forgiveness. To live with yourself you need to understand that you tried your best and made your decisions on the time and situations you were in. also a lot of people find forgiveness through the church and god but not everyone does. Finally always try to live your life in good to pay for the mistakes you did and help other people or prevent future war.
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