Chapter 10 - More Dignity

The the last chapter of the novel, Vonnegut's theme of dignity again arises.  He explains that thousands of people are born each day and "supposes all want dignity."  Just as many people die each day which puts dignity at a high price.  Billy Pilgrim must go to a completely different planet to achieve the dignity he longs for because there may not be enough to go around on Earth.  He had little dignity in his early years and it was completely stripped of him when he became a prisoner of war.  Vonnegut wonders if there will ever be enough dignity to go around.  His point in making dignity an important point in the novel is to get people to understand that we are all born will dignity but must learn to harness it so we can feel it for ourselves.