Kurt Vonnegut is very pessimistic about human nature. In the book, main character killed 82 people and slept with 82 women. Liked the idea of placcid fatalism. But, that only works if you are in army(soldier following orders) or a writer ( whose job is to debate about free will). Regular people always make choices - they may be easy or not so great- but choices they have to make. I guess they have to live and hope for the best for their future. It is fear and hope that guides us. Kurt seems to argue that hope/fear doesn't exist or even if they do - we can be easy about it. Fatalism is good after the fact for consolation, but it cant be guide for living.
Unless you are rich and accomplished without trying hard, between these two - hopes and despairs - people live their lives.
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