Slaughterhouse -Five is written by Kurt Vonnecut. Ever since it was published in 1969, it had been banned many times. It is one of the greatest "anti-war" books. Kurt Vonnecut used religion in various parts of "Slaughterhouse -Five". The one that stood out to me was when he compared himself to Lot's wife who turned to salt. In the end of chapter 1 he is shown reading the story oh how Sodom and Gomorrah were in the wrath of God. In Genesis 19:15 it said that with the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished. But Lots wife looked back to where the people and their homes had been. "But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human" (page, 22) Kurt Vonnecut had very strong points and opinions on religion and things he believed in. Why was she turned into salt? I think it was because she was used to represent all the future generations of people that will come to disobey God. Lot's wife looked back to her own city with regret and sadness at having to leave it. Sodom was still in her heart, causing her to look back just once which resulted in disobeying the very God who warned her.
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