Post #1: Allusion to Lot's Wife

Chapter 1

"And Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human." (page 21-22)

Vonnegut uses the allusion of Lot's wife to identify himself.  Instead of leaving the past and moving to the future, he dwells on it.  Just like Lot's wife looked back toward the destroyed city, Vonnegut looks back on a destroyed time filled with much violence and death.

Lot's wife also alludes to most people today.  As Vonnegut stated, it was human of Lot's wife to look back.  Looking back towards the past and all past mistakes and sins is easier for many people than looking toward an unknown and scary future.