Epitaph in Slaughterhouse-Five

I believe the epitaph shown in the book is about how people generally view war. Earlier on in Slaughterhouse-Five, there was discussion about how war can be glorified and made to seem much better and more glamorous. Before the picture of the epitaph is shown, Valencia was telling Billy that she thinks he's full of secrets; she goes on to say he has things he doesn't want to talk about. When she asked if war was awful, Billy got the idea of this epitaph. I think this is definitely about how war is viewed and how it is very flawed. Billy does not tell her many of many upsetting things about his experiences; he mostly hides it. "Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt," is what he may think will be said about his war.