In Slaughterhouse-Five, the author, Kurt Vonnegut, did an excellent job of telling the life story of Billy Pilgrim, a man who could travel back and forth between its past and future. And as readers read the novel, two main themes would remain imprinted in their minds: the condemnation of war and the attitude towards life. The book's central event, the bombing of Dresden, captured readers' attention. pay attention to the power of a war. The futile war attack led to the death of 135,000 German civilians and hundreds of artistic and historical buildings were destroyed - "Dresden was like the moon now nothing but minerals" (81). Furthermore, as the book mentions twice, during World War II in Germany, candles and soaps were made from human fat, which originally came from “Jews, gypsies, fairies, communists, and other enemies of the state” (46). Without a doubt these massacres were serious crimes. Furthermore, the war had no mercy; always brought all kinds of civilians to participate in the battlefield after all the soldiers were killed. And this explains why most of the soldiers were teenagers at the end of the war, as a British officer says in the novel: “We had forgotten that wars were fought by children” (50). There were several characters in the novel that showed the darkness of humanity. Perhaps Paul Lazzaro was the most obvious one. In the novel he used an extremely inhumane way to torture and killed a dog that tried to bite him because he thought revenge was “the sweetest thing in life” (65). And unfortunately, Billy was also one of his "victims", he died from the murder of this person in 1976. Furthermore, the novel presented the ugly mind of a man, Roland Weary, who is "in love" with co... . .. half of the paper ...... TELL THE DIFFERENCE” (95). This poem presented a very objective assessment of free will: it admitted power and limited free will at the same time. There is always something that people can change, but there are also some that they cannot change. Furthermore, this poem provided a more comprehensive philosophy towards the events surrounding people than the idea of ​​the Tralfamadorians: to accept the bad things that were out of control, people also had to try to say what they could do and be courageous in finding a solution. way to control or deal with it. Overall, this novel contained the author's call for a more peaceful and friendly world. He taught readers an attitude towards life that people should try to do the best of their abilities as their own will, remain optimistic in any negative situation, and accept the realities that they were unable to change..