Slaughterhouse 5: Kurt as Narrator

"I was there. So was my old war buddy, Bernard V. O'Hare." Page 67

       Throughout the novel, we see little glimpses of the character of the author, Kurt Vonnegut. Aside from the first chapter, the quote above is a small interjection from the author as narrator of the story. This helps the reader to remember that the experiences of Billy in the war, though not exactly like Kurt's, were very similar. The issues he writes about are reality, not entirely fiction. This helps to bind him to the story and the events that happened to him during the firebombing of Dresden. After this connection that Vonnegut shares with the readers is established, he goes on with the story, until he gently reminds his audience once again that he lived these events, he felt these emotions, and he saw the destruction at Dresden.