The literary term 'irony' serves as an example in Slaughterhouse Five: "Jesus and Joseph built the cross. They were happy to have something to work on. The rabble-rouser died on the cross."
I read the quote and realized its importance the second time seeing it. This quote is ironic because Jesus was the most humble human being that ever lived, and he would never be happy to build a death tree.
The Son of God would not find pleasure in being an accessory to murder. Vonnegut could have said that Jesus and his father made a cross, and that they were glad to be working. Instead, "Jesus and Joseph built the cross. They were happy to have something to work on" shows how dedicated the two were when it came to work and how it gave them the greatest pleasure, "The rabble-rouser died on the cross" indicates that Jesus, the most peaceful man on Earth, helped create a death trap. It is ironic because Jesus was a loving man who died on a cross to save us.
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