Slaughterhouse-Five and the Comforts of Indifference

Chabot, C. Barry. "Slaughterhouse-Five and the Comforts of Indifference." Essays in Literature 8.1 (Spring 1981): 45-51.

With qualifications for rage, Vonnegut identifies with Billy Pilgrim in accepting the Tralfamadorian view of humanity trapped in a deterministic universe. For opposing views, see T. Wymer essay on Vonnegut's "Swiftian Satire" and his essay in TMG (both cited in this Category).