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Kurt Vonnegut, religion and social laws. When reading Slaughterhouse-Five it is extremely noticeable that Kurt Vonnegut attempts to open your mind beyond the limits that society established once as untouchables. As a beginning, for Vonnegut "most human behavior, no matter how ghastly or ludicrous or glorious or whatever, is innocent," , according to himself in his autobiographical book which name is Palm Tree. So, since for him human attitude is innocent, human laws and norms are ridiculous and try to control you trough politicians or anyone else, and also religion is ridiculous and tries to control your life in the name of God whose existence is doubtful. The sarcasm and careless for things that Billy Pilgrim shows in Slaughterhouse-Five reflects Vonnegut’s careless for everything since human is innocent. What could be important in a world controlled by naive humans who live in a false atmosphere? At least Bil