V for Vengance

Billy Pilgrim’s death. Since the beginning of the book they have said that Billy had seen his birth and his death many times. We already know that Billy Pilgrim is Vonnegut himself and in page 125 he clears this, “That was I. That was me. That was the author of this book.” Now in this part you kind of get confused since it is obvious that that he isn’t dead yet and even dares to give a date for his own date.
“I, Billy Pilgrim, the tape begins, will die, have died, and always will die on February thirteenth, 1976.” Pg 141.
He says his death will be because Lazzaro will send somebody to kill him after the war since his only friend, Roland Weary died on account of Billy Pilgrim. One of the most important characteristics of Lazzaro is his aggressiveness and how he practically wants to kill everybody. “Anybody ever asks you what the sweetest thing in life is— Said Lazzaro, “It’s Revenge” Pg 139.
Revenge and vengeance was what Lazzaro believed in and Billy Pilgrim was affected by this. As Vonnegut predicts, Billy Pilgrim will die because of vengeance and will be killed because of the war because even after it is over, Billy will still be affected by it every day.
But why is it called Slaughterhouse-Five? Well Vonnegut finally makes this clear. It was the address where they had to stay while the time they passed in Dresden. It is pretty clear that probably this address was marked on Vonnegut for all of his life. This was the place where he experienced the bombing of Dresden, one of the “Greatest massacre in European history.” Pg 101. In German the name was Schkachthoh-Funf, Slaughterhouse-Five.