"Still- if I am going to spend eternity visiting this moment and that, I'm grateful that so many of those moments were nice." pg 211
Did I miss something? What was the nice part of the book? I find it to be spectacular that Vonnegut can still see good in the world after all he witnessed in Europe. I really don't think I could ever understand that the good overwhelmingly outweighs the bad if I ever witnessed a war. I guess forever encompasses much more than just the war. Maybe the emotional trauma of the war fades over time. However, I think this part could never be understood by someone who hasn't served in the armed forces. Unless that is, they have visited Tralfamadore where the inhabitants do not spend their time dwelling on death and negative events. I ask again, is their any correlation between Billy's life and Vonnegut's? Maybe the man just has an alias.
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