One quote that made me think twice was one in Chapter Six that talked about the probability of Dresden getting bombed. While the quote speaks otherwise, we all know that Dresden does get bombed.
"You needn't worry about bombs, by the way. Dresden is an open city. It is undefended, and contains no war industries or troop concentrations of any importance" (146). Ironically, Dresden in fact does get bombed which made me think about why Vonnegut might have included this in the novel. The first obvious reason Vonnegut may have decided to include this passage is the foreshadowing. Another possible reason I thought of is that Vonnegut himself was told that before he traveled to Dresden. The last reason I could come up with is that the Englishmen knew somehow that Dresden would be bombed but were trying to make the Americans feel better.
Why do you think Vonnegut included the quote? And, since we know Dresden does get bombed and it even says so on the back of the book, why do you think that the quote was worth Vonnegut putting in the book?
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