crap game, which soon escalates into a worldwide threat. At least, that’s what the FBI thinks when they raid the Professor’s office and put him under investigation. Professor Barnhouse is asked to use his new power as the ultimate national defense weapon. War hungry generals, Russian spies and the FBI get into the act as Professor Barnhouse shows what the real power of his mind actually is. Before the Professor could rub two formulas together, he found himself the center of an experiment where he had to single-handedly sink a battleship with both the U.S. Army and Russians looking on. Moreover, the horrors of war are greatly expressed in Vonnegut’s writings. The bombing of Dresden had a profound impact on the life and written work of Kurt Vonnegut. Word war II shaped many of Kurt Vonnegut’s philosophies that appear in his novels, especially Slaughterhouse Five. What made the Dresden bombing even more horrible to Vonnegut was that as a prisoner, he was ironically protected from the bombs and fire. "Planes from his country did the bombing, and he was the perpetrator, observer and target all at the same time. (Goldsmith ix)."Vonnegut’s views on human nature were also greatly affected by war. "There is shock and outrage over the havoc and destruction that man is capable of wreaking in the name of what he labels a worthy cause." (Schatt 84). He believes that war strips away individuality; it turns people into machines that merely obey orders and kill, which the military of course thinks is wonderful. He believed that there is considerable room for change. Vonnegut states "And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, and how much was mine to keep". (Vanderewrken p. 414). This example states how much potential there is. A humanist at heart, Vonnegut believed that man is basically good and can overcome his violent and cruel streak inside.In addition, there is anoth...
