One thing that Vonnegut is very good at doing is infusing real life situations into his book, so that the audience can relate to the story. Many people I am sure have woken up and have no idea where you are or how you got to the place that you are in. We may even mistake item in our surroundings as something totally different than what they actually are. This happens to Billy Pilgrim after he wakes up back in WWII, in the hospital. "He had no idea what year it was or the planet he was on. Whatever the planet's name was, it was cold." (Vonnegut 136) The reason Vonnegut is such a fantastic writer is because he is such a down to earth style writer, and makes the reader seem like they are in the story.
This in an excellent point about how Vonnegut was able to connect real life situation into Slaughterhouse Five. I feel like Vonnegut was trying to show the confusion and unsurety of war and the massacre by having Billy Pligrim wake up unsure of the time, date, surroundings, or even planet.
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