?“It’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all the due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers” (Judy Blume). In many places worldwide, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five was banned from schools and libraries because of its obscene language and graphic scenes. This stopped people from hearing the messages that Vonnegut was trying to convey. Kurt Vonnegut uses the foul language, gory descriptions, and explicit scenes in Slaughterhouse-Five not as a way of preaching wildness, or inappropriateness of any kind but as tools to effectively communicate a message to his readers. Therefore I believe people should be given the right to read Slaughterhouse Five, should they choose to do so. In Slaughterhouse Five Vonnegut uses coarse language as a way to communicate strong emotions and to make the story seem real. On the way to the prisoner of war camp a man swears at Billy Pilgrim to show his anger and frustration. He says, “Not with me, you son of a bitch” (Vonnegut 78). This coarse language helps the reader to understand the emotions the man feels over being bothered by Billy, whereas without it, the phrase would seem emotionless, almost indifferent. As soldiers are known for their use of course language; in the novel one of them says, “And f--k my luck” (Vonnegut 98). This gives the novel an added sense of realism. If the reader feels like the characters in a story are real, it helps them to empathize with and better understand the characters later on, making them a very effective communication tool for the author. While Billy is in the hospital a British soldier voices his hatred and lack of respect for Americans. He says they are “a pack of sniveling, dirty, thieving Bastards” (Vonnegut 127). A Bastard is an illegitimate child, which in society would not be regarded with much respect. So