Vonnegut is smelling the mustard gas which symbolizes poisoning; however he also smells the roses which is symbolizing romance. Both of these elements are key way to see how the war is directly affecting Vonnegut's everyday life. He is on the telephone and yet he feels as if he is able to smell these smells through it. In reality this is a very sad but serious problem that the war does to people. Even know a days when people come home from battle they are not the same and they replay what they went through.
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