Wars and Glaciers Simile
Vonnegut used the simile of "What he meant, of course, was that there would always be wars, that they were as easy to stop as glaciers." The simile explains that there will always be wars in this world, just like there will always be glaciers. Vonnegut uses this simile in his book as he reflects back on his time of imprisonment during the war.Vonnegut uses this simile to express to the reader that war will go on for eternity. He compares it to glaciers because no matter what happens in this world there will always be glaciers. Vonnegut emphasizes the commonness of wars and how unstoppable wars really are. Vonnegut specifically put in this quote to show no matter what we try and do in our world, somethings will always go on and we cannot make a difference. Just as no matter what we try and do, wars and glaciers will be reoccurring on our earth until the end of the world. 
The simile is also effective in different ways in our world today. Take high school for instance. The two things that can be substituted in the quote above is drama and cliques. In the world of high school, no matter how hard students try there will always be drama and cliques. People try and accept everyone for who they are, but everyone knows that every year cliques and drama will always return, just like glaciers and wars.
