Chapter 1

It seems as if Vonnegut uses his first chapter more as a foreward to his story rather than an actual essential piece to it.  He breaks down how he gathered all of his materials for the story, and all of the lessons he learned just by writing the story.  It was a long process for him to write it and it was much more difficult than he thought it would be.  However he finally finished the story and we see how much that simply writing the story has made him a changed man.