Slaughterhouse Five Questions

1. Did Vonnegut honor his pledge to Mrs. O'Hare? Was there a part for Frank Sinatra or John Wayne?
2. Do you agree with Mrs. O'Hare that books and movies glorify war and entice children to want to fight them? Did Vonnegut do a good job in not glorifying war?
3. What about the concept of death according to Billy (and the Tralfamadores)? That a person only appears to die, he's still very much alive in other moments.... so it goes.
4. Was Billy crazy or do you believe he really was unstuck in time and abducted by aliens?
5. Why did Weary care so much about saving Billy Pilgrim?
6. Why was there always a big dog barking in the background?
7. Did you like Billy Pilgrim? Feel sorry for him? Was he a good guy?
8. The narrator tells his children they are not allowed to take part in massacres or let news of massacres fill them with glee; however Billy Pilgrim's son in the book becomes a Green Beret. Does this also symbolize the circular "so it goes" theme?
9. What is the significance of the plane crash that only Billy survives?
10. When I first read this book it (the story) broke my heart and made me look at life in a whole new way. It's not often (for me) that a book can grip you and make you feel as if you were experiencing the story yourself. Share your thoughts on, if anything, you were feeling or thinking while reading Slaughterhouse Five.