Theme

One prominent theme that I noticed in chapter 9 was the idea of happiness and peace.  As Billy lies on the ruins of the destroyed Dresden, he comments on the peacefulness of the scene.  The calamity of everything and the warmth brings about peace in his mind.  A few sentences later, Billy tells of a lesson the Tralfamadorians taught him.  They said to "concentrate on the happy moments of his life, and to ignore the unhappy ones-to stare only at the pretty things as eternity failed to go by"(195).  I think this idea is a way that everyone should live by.  However, not only should we look at our lives this way, but we should look at others the same way.  If we get stuck looking at eachother's negative qualities, then we  will go nowhere in life.