Violent Behavior

Through out my live I have seen a lot of post-war movies, articles and documentaries. They talk about how soldieries after being in the heart of war, they are transformed into totally different people. They become aggressive and violent in familiar environments and don’t know how to act around people. On the other hand, through out Slaughterhouse Five there had been no presences of this kind of behavior, until Paul Lazzaro was introduced.

Paul Lazzaro was put beside Billy’s bed, due to some injuries he had recently received after being  caught  stilling from an Englishman.  As they see themselves trying to burn time Lazzaro and Billy got to talk and began understanding each other. “Anybody ever asks you what the sweetest thing in life  is-”  said Lazzaro, “Is Revenge”.(Vonnegut 139).  Lazzaro was a man that did everything for a reason. He was a very little man, however made everyone aware of his power, creating respect towards him. He honored his friends and would kill anyone that would cross them or him. It was due to Lazzaro`s eagerness for revenge that Billy would be killed several years after war, due to the fact that he was responsible for the death of Lazzaro`s only friend.

Paul Lazzaro was also a very violent man. Whenever someone was to annoy or bother him, he would take pleasure on torturing him or her. He told Billy about his anecdote with a dog he had killed, because the dog had bitten him. He later confessed he was planning on using that same technique to torture the Englishman, that had physically abused him.  It was due to Paul, that I was able to see that through out the years the effects of war hasn’t change at all, and yet we have done nothing to stop it.