Slaughterhouse-Five: First Impressions (1)

After reading chapter five I found it rather odd that it is actually part of the story, it seems like it would be more of a preface to the rest of the book.'Slaughterhouse-five' has a strange, crude sense of humor that I haven't really caught onto yet (but hopefully will soon) although once once you get past that, clearly Vonnegut is one funny man.
The main character intrigues me since he is so complex and atypical and it isn't hard to see that since he himself is narrating the story about his life and war. I agree with his view on war: although horrifying, impossible to abolish (just like many other horrifying things in life). I've seen many movies about war and how brave men lived through them, but i can see that this is going to be different, because its not about men anymore, but about real-life flesh and bone "babies"(as Mary claims them to be).
It seems like Vonnegut is one real man with real issues and serious writer's block, but somehow I still want to keep on reading...