Out of the Frying Pan, or is it out of the Fire? (SF Chapter3)

Chapter 3 begins with a description of "mopping up" which is doen after battle. I like how they show that the dog is innocent by saying "She had never been to war before. She had no idea what game was being played. Her name was Princess" (52) I like that somehow the name humanizes her and makes it so absurd that a dog called Princess is hunting people that will be killed. I like the fact that the Corporal, who is a great soldier and ready to surrender, and the strange story of Adam and Eve in the boots. Again they showcase innocence and the lasting ability to love even in war. Billy's flashforwards here are to show that his personality and attitudes are similar in war or peace and it is in a way a rmeinder that Billy survives the war, which dispels alot of tension. In page 59 Billy talks about a neighborhood looking like it has been through war, which shows that war never really leaves the soldier. I like the use of the Serenity prayer on page 60, where Billy shows he has no control over life and time, like a spectator to his own life. I also find it a strange match that this prayer is also given to people dealing with addiction. Once again, I sense there is importance in the passage about Billy's random weeping, but I can't figure it out. On page 67, when Wild Bob is rambling about a reunion in his home town, Vonnegut intejects by saying he was there and so was O'Hare. I think it's because it all feels so fake and unreal, like it couldn't happen, people couldn't really be that way, and Vonnegut has to tell you that it was real and true and just as disturbing. Another brilliant moment is on page 68, when a former hobo tells Billy it's not so bad. It's shocking because the moment is so horrible, and you can feel him trying to comfort himself, but also amazed that there really worse moments than that. On that same page, they show that right next to absolute misery, the men who work on the train have a near heavenly life. Good and bad coexist, for example the POWs easily share food and cooperate when living on the train