Vonnegut used the simile "They crawled into a forest like the big, unlucky mammals they were" to explain what it was like for the soldiers to crawl through the forest. The four men had to travel through the woods and try to escape the imprisonment of the German soldiers. They were unlucky because they were always avoiding being killed by their enemies and they never knew their next move of defense. They always had unexpected events happen in their journey. Sometimes soldiers would come and take all of their defense and leave them empty handed. But no matter what happens to them, they always persevered and head toward their freedom!
The simile used by Vonnegut can compare to our daily lives. Just as the characters in the story, we all have our struggles in our daily lives. We are all unlucky with certain situations and struggles that we experience throughout our daily lives. Sometimes we feel as though we are "crawling through a forest" of struggles in our lives. Sometimes we feel like there is no escaping some of these struggles. Just as we have our inescapable troubles, the soldiers also have theirs. Some of them include avoiding Germans, finding food and water, and just surviving. No matter how hard we try and escape these struggles, sometimes they just keep coming back! Again and again. Sometimes we know they are coming and other times they are very unexpected! Just like in the story when their equipment is taken away, sometimes we feel as though a part of us has been lost throughout these struggles. Sometimes these struggles even take people away from us. We have to carry our struggles with us and persevere, just like the four men in the story!
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