Writing Assignment #9: Slaughterhouse around the world - Jake

In my opinion, Slaughterhouse is a novel about America. As mentioned in a previous writing assignment, vonnegut is from a North American working class city and believes that life is fully lived if you are rewarded for working hard and earning your way through life. Taking the easy way out is not exactly in Vonnegut's playbook. Since War is one of the main themes and that Slaughterhouse is known to some as 'an anti-war novel', I believe most people around the world who read this would still obtain the war aspect of the novel after reading. An exception would be people from countries that were not involved in WWII. In this case, the theme of war would be more difficult to grasp for them unless they have been educated of it to a certain extent.
There are topics mentioned in the novel that people from around the world probably wouldn't understand; such as the living conditions at certain points in time of the novel (throughout Billy's life) wherever Billy was at each time. Another example would be the American army. Many people from around the world would not know how the American army works and what it would be like to be in the American army compared to another country.
Many people might become offended by this novel from around the world because of the combination of Vonnegut's content and context. Slaughterhouse may be misinterpreted as if Vonnegut is making fun of the war, which is a very sensitive subject to many people around the world. Everyone has their own beliefs based on their upbringing and past experiences and those beliefs of theirs might contrast with the way Vonnegut chose to present the novel, which could lead to the people being offended. One can assume that Vonnegut wrote Slaughterhouse roughly based on his own experience in the war, based on reading chapter 1, and since not everyone's outlook or experience in the war is the same, it can cause conflict.
In my opinion relatability is an aspect that Vonnegut adds to this book which I liked very much. I believe it shows how harsh reality can be and how the reader can relate to Billy and the hardships he experiences, I know i did. I think that people from around the world might not neccessarily relate to Billy as well as a North American would.