The concept of children and babies fighting in a grown man’s war was first introduced by Mary O’ Hare who angrily said that the war was fought by people at the end of their childhood, those who were forced to act like men instead of babies. Vonnegut conveys her emotions, and angry through the mention of babies and children, which is even further used to convey how babies and children supports his position. In chapter 1, another mention to this theme was the title, The Children Crusades. According to the chapter, it stated, “I’ll call it “The Children’s Crusade.” she was my friend after that” (Vonnegut 19). To name a novel about war the Children Crusades shows how serious the author is to make the story viewed as a child’s play, in which he later did by his creation of the character named Billy, which will be later discussed. Before going into the analysis of these themes, babies are known for being pure, but also cruel due to their primit nature. Vonnegut showcases this with several
The concept of children and babies fighting in a grown man’s war was first introduced by Mary O’ Hare who angrily said that the war was fought by people at the end of their childhood, those who were forced to act like men instead of babies. Vonnegut conveys her emotions, and angry through the mention of babies and children, which is even further used to convey how babies and children supports his position. In chapter 1, another mention to this theme was the title, The Children Crusades. According to the chapter, it stated, “I’ll call it “The Children’s Crusade.” she was my friend after that” (Vonnegut 19). To name a novel about war the Children Crusades shows how serious the author is to make the story viewed as a child’s play, in which he later did by his creation of the character named Billy, which will be later discussed. Before going into the analysis of these themes, babies are known for being pure, but also cruel due to their primit nature. Vonnegut showcases this with several