The first chapter of Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut, is an introduction of the actual book, sort of like a preface. A WWII veteran narrates his vain tries to write a book about the Bombing in Dresden. He has been trying to write about this memory he wants to retell for some time, though without much success. He is found unsure about what he would like to write about, what experiences and things that happened to share. This story isn't about war, he won't be praising war. It's rather an anti-war book. The chapter is concluded with the finalization of the novel, when he is finally able to write the book. However he finds the book as a failure, a mixture of ideas that don't makes sense, as to him there's nothing intelligent to say something about a massacre such as this.
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believe it was hard for him to write about such topic as it is something most
people won't like to remember again. Probably his mind blocked away those
memories, so even though he remembers them clearly, deep inside him those are
images he wouldn't like to ever think about again, and if for the narrator it is hard to remember what happened it should be harder to be put into words. It is easier to say he is going to write a book, than to actually write it.
Although many people were constantly updated about how the massacre was advancing or what was going on at the moment none of them felt what the people in Dresden felt at that time. They estimate that around 100,000 lives were lost, and no one will ever feel what these people felt, or what they thought at the moment. The British supported by the United States killed thousands of civilians who didn’t deserve to die. If you weren't in the actual place where a war took place it will never be that accurate or real to write about something like this, because you will never feel what the people in the city or town felt at the time. It will never be exactly accurate. It relates to the drop of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, they killed millions of innocent people who didn't deserve to die. If the US wanted Japan to surrender they could have searched for a more peaceful way to resolve the conflict, not by dropping two atomic bombs.
I feel impressed that someone is willing to write about a moment in history such as this, as this bombing only demonstrates to what extents people are able to go to demonstrate their power and their pride. War is not an easy topic to write about, as it shares many dissenting views in between people. A country that wins a war, may have won but they have killed thousands and millions of lives, or innocent people who shouldn't be killed. If there's a conflict in between countries, such as WWI and WWII it shouldn't be resolved through war. War is "a sate of armed conflict between different nations, states or different groups within a nation or a state" in which the nation who wins doesn't demonstrate more supremacy or control, it just exhibits more urge, determination and in its way power to kill people and win. A country's people may not share similar thoughts with its leader, they mustn't suffer and pay for the ideas of others.
Although many people were constantly updated about how the massacre was advancing or what was going on at the moment none of them felt what the people in Dresden felt at that time. They estimate that around 100,000 lives were lost, and no one will ever feel what these people felt, or what they thought at the moment. The British supported by the United States killed thousands of civilians who didn’t deserve to die. If you weren't in the actual place where a war took place it will never be that accurate or real to write about something like this, because you will never feel what the people in the city or town felt at the time. It will never be exactly accurate. It relates to the drop of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, they killed millions of innocent people who didn't deserve to die. If the US wanted Japan to surrender they could have searched for a more peaceful way to resolve the conflict, not by dropping two atomic bombs.
I feel impressed that someone is willing to write about a moment in history such as this, as this bombing only demonstrates to what extents people are able to go to demonstrate their power and their pride. War is not an easy topic to write about, as it shares many dissenting views in between people. A country that wins a war, may have won but they have killed thousands and millions of lives, or innocent people who shouldn't be killed. If there's a conflict in between countries, such as WWI and WWII it shouldn't be resolved through war. War is "a sate of armed conflict between different nations, states or different groups within a nation or a state" in which the nation who wins doesn't demonstrate more supremacy or control, it just exhibits more urge, determination and in its way power to kill people and win. A country's people may not share similar thoughts with its leader, they mustn't suffer and pay for the ideas of others.
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