Thesis

Thesis Statement: The anti-war novel, Slaughterhouse Five, is used to show the devastating effects of war.

The first point I found, that can be useful for my analytic essay, is: Kurt Vonnegut tries to reveal the foolishness of the human mind through the anti-war novel, Slaughterhouse Five. He depicts the war with so many worthless killings; such as, "one guy i knew really was shot in Dresden for taking a teapot." (1)

The second point I found that also supports my thesis statement is: Acting foolishly, Billy is used as an example of the humans who are also against the war. He believes that the world will be destroyed by the war, "And I have lit my way in a prison at night with candles from the fat of human beings who were butchered by the brothers and fathers of those school girls who were boiled. Earthlings must be the terrors of the Universe." (116)