World War II is Over

At the end of the book, after many changes in time take place, war is finally over. Going back to what happened before, Dresden was bombed, leaving only 100 Americans alive and four German guards. They walked through Dresden, until they got to a motel, where they stayed for some time. Many events happen, like the plane crash that left Billy like practically unconscious, dreaming about his past. He looses his wife Valencia, when she drives to see what happened to Billy and dies because of carbon monoxide (all that work for nothing, ironic). This is shortly after meeting his mentor, Kilgore Trout, inviting him to his anniversary before the incident happened. Billy still stands firmly in believing in the Tralfamadore teachings, visiting his baby and Montana from time to time. After time traveling from the hospital in Vermont (telling Rumfoord that he was in Dresden and receiving the other end's point of view) to the war again, he is in a wagon going back to the Slaughter house for more resources. Billy bursts to tears when two other survivors show him the horses' bad state. Momentarily, they are captured by Russians and then given to America, their homeland. I am wordless about all the events that take place on the end of the novel and how everything connects.

What I found most interesting was how we see that all the ideas that billy provides to the world, in one or another way (either by radio or normally speaking), come from Kilgore Trout's books. MOre of his books are introduced, also in many ways (even as window dressings haha). After "the pervert" buys the window dressing, he travel to Tralfamadore where Montana is, with here interesting necklace that restates a very significant quote: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom always to tell the difference". (Page 209)
Another shocking connection is the one about poor old Edgar Derby, which actually dies as Vonnegut presents the situation at the start of the novel, by taking a teapot. Once again, religion is questioned, in one of Trout's books, which talks about a kid that built a time machine and traveled back in time to presence the death of Jesus Christ, the well-connected son of God. In the last chapter, Vonnegut talks in first person, while he is in an airplane with his friend O'Hare, caring only about the moment (like the Tralfamadores). O'Hare is predicting that the population will breakthrough 7 billion people by 2000, which is happening now, in real life.

I am still blowed away by the ending of the book, the war is over! The crave to find thousands of dead bodies, creamed by the soldiers. The soldiers left to fight the Russians, but Billy Pilgrim was still in Dresden; no traffic, only one vehicle. The only vehicle he sees is the green wagon he rode before being kidnapped by the Russians. Even birds were talking, as one said to Billy: "Poo-tee-weet?" I really have a different view of war and life itself after reading this book.Life is very loosely wired, but that's how it is meant to be. The moment was made up so that that specific thing would happen. Destiny determines it all, if you are meant to die today, there's now sense in trying to prevent it, you will still die one way or another. It's just fate, or luck, if you believe in such thing. Everybody wonders why life it is how it is. To me, Vonnegut, and Billy Pilgrim, it just is.