The literary term 'external conflict' serves as an example of Slaughterhouse Five: "Dad, Dad, Dad-" said Barbara, "what are we supposed to do about you? Are we going to have to put you in a home like Grandma?"
I saw this quotes significance when I re-read it. Vonnegut uses external conflict to show how and why Barbara and Billy argue. His daughter thinks that his belief of Tralfamadore is psychotic. He conflicts with her in a way to attempt to prove the Tralfamadorean creatures and the planet itself exist.
Vonnegut tries to show a feeling of frustration within Billy. As I'm reading, it seems that Barbara is the one with her head on straight. The auther could have said that Barbara did not want her father to be in a home. Instead, "Dad, Dad, Dad-" said Barbara, "what are we supposed to do about you?" shows how she desperately wants to help her father, "Are we going to have to put you in a home like Grandma?" is used to emphasize that his crazy thoughts are going to force him in to an institution for the elderly.
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