Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is not complementary to any of the characters in Slaughterhouse-Five; the attitudes entertained by the characters except Billy can be considered to be the ideas that Vonnegut does not like. Most of the women in Slaughterhouse-Five are stupid, materialistic, and treated as sex objects by most of the characters. After Billy's accident, Barbara thought of herself as the head of the family; she had to take care of Billy whom she though …showed first 75 words of 1443 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1443 total…This shows he values beautiful Montana more than crass Valencia. Montana Wildhack is wise in her acceptance that everyone makes mistakes and she must accept what she cannot change. In Slaughterhouse-Five, beauty is only seen where vulnerability and innocence are shown and Vonnegut's attitude toward women is just an extension of this. Vonnegut obviously thinks that many women are stupid, materialistic, and viewed as sex objects, but these are character traits he does not value.