Chapter 9

Although this chapter contains many references to peace and happiness, I think that there is an underlying mood of death and evilness.  When he describes the vehicle that he and the other prisoners are riding in as a coffin shaped wagon, we can not help but get a nervous hill down our spines.  I think Vonnegut is trying to use this wagon as a symbol to show how even though the prisoners survived, their memories and experiences will serve as a chilling reminder of what they went through.  SO basically, they are living out a death sentence, like the wagon shaped as a coffin (a moving deathbed).  This idea makes us feel like there is no hope for these men, despite the fact that they made it through such difficult times.