Slaughterhouse Five Post

Religion is a big part of Slaughterhouse Five. The serentiy prayer's motif shows that religion (as a symbol) is indeed important. Although the superiority versus inferiority of religion versus concrete science is not addressed, the mention of religion can lead us to understand Vonnegut's stance on this issue. Maybe, the serenity prayer and the cross on Billy's wall is apparent in order to show some practicality to Billy after the trauma of war. It could also hold the hidden meaning to Vonnegut's opinion that religion brings about sanity in our insane world, it is the concrete rock (apart from concrete science) that no outside stimulus could alter. The serenity prayer repeated shows the full circle of the power of religion to base ourselves off of.