That was I.

"That was I. That was me. That was the author of this book." -pg. 160

I choose this quote for two reasons. One, it shows just how close the author really is to the story, saying that he was in the prison camp. This backs up everything he says as far as conditions in the camp, because, with his experience, he would really know what had happened and how. Another reason I liked this quote was because it shows that the Author is in fact emotionally connected to his book. The significance this quote has in the novel is that the story, as far as the war parts, is about Kurt Vonnegut, not Billy Pilgrim. Other places I have seen an author put their own experiences into a fiction novel, is in my writing, where i get ideas from my life, and alter them slightly to work for my character. This gives me a special connection with not only the situation, but my characters, who are actually parts of me.