Topic: In Slaughter House-5, Kurt Vonnegut accepts the theme that war is inevitable, but emphasizes the fallacy in the masses preconceived notions of war with parallels and motifs, instead of just reaching a practical conclusion about the occurrence of war. Many books relating to war and its prevention have been written across time. The success of such works' ringing anti-war statements can be questioned since wars continue to happen despite these wise words from philosophers …showed first 75 words of 1316 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1316 total…at the reader for answers. He answers this call with a reminder of the one of the books only motifs "poo-tee-weet?" (214). The bird call is of no lingual use to humans, but serves to parallel the lack of intelligent remarks that can sum up a solution for humans dealing with war. Vonnegut gives us an ideal on how not to react to war and leaves the bigger question for the rest of humankind to ponder.