Vengeance

Vengeance is a very common word in our daily vocabulary and actions, isn’t it? We will almost always try to make revenge to those whom harm us, or who harm the people that surrounds us and that we deeply love. Well in the book Slaughterhouse Five, in chapter 6 specifically we can see how one of the main themes is vengeance. In here vengeance is mostly first taken by Paul Lazzaro, whom was a very loyal and close friend to Roland Weary. And when Weary was killed by Billy Pilgrim, Paul Lazzaro promised Roland Weary that he was going to kill the man who had provoked his death. This is vengeance given that he is making Billy pilgrim pay for what he did to Roland Weary with much violence and force. And it is not until the end of this chapter when we find out that Lazzaro did commit vengeance to Billy Pilgrim by killing him.

Also vengeance is seen in pg 138 where between Lazzaro and the Blue Fairy Godmother where they say’s: “The Blue Fairy Godmother knew something about killing. He gave Lazzaro a careful smile. ‘There is still time for me to kill you,’ he said, ‘if you really persuade me that it’s the sensible thing to do.’ ‘Why don’t you go fuck yourself?’ ‘Don’t think I have not tried,’ the Blue Fairy Godmother answered. “ Here Lazzaro is already angry cause the Blue Fairy Godmother has already harmed his arm and so any comment that he tries to do, Lazzaro will answer really bad in order to make vengeance and make him feel bad and regret what he did.

It is very normal for all humans to fell the pressure and to what to do vengeance. Most of the times the reason of why vengeance is used is in order to be on the same page with the other person, for them to be equal and have peace amongst each other.