The story of Billy is silly, and because Vonnegut is telling the story it allows the reader to laugh at Billy as well as take a step back and analyze his experiences. Dresden gives Billy Pilgrims meaningless life meaning when he spreads the. But because Vonnegut is in the novel and not the main character, he adds a realistic aspect. Instead of using Billy, Vonnegut could have written in first person and said that he was unstuck in time and traveled to Tralfamadore. Although he could have given a personal account of Dresden, he tells the story of Billy Pilgrim. American soldiers are often thought to be the heroes of the war, but in the novel they are laughable. Inappropriate humor serves many uses, such as how Billy's ridiculous appearance marching as a soldier but dressed in clogs and a tiny jacket evokes laughter and pity. The novel is satirical and at times humorous. But contrary to the reader's expectations, they are the only ones that are spared from the slaughter at Dresden. It seems foreshadowing that Billy and the others are kept prisoner in a slaughterhouse. All there is to say about a massacre, things like Poo-tee-weet (Chapter 1) This quotation from the novels opening chapter exemplifies the authors. This connection to Vonnegut and the real world also reminds the reader of the reality of the war. The idea of pastoral sounds in literature brings with it a particular set of problems. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. It points out that Vonnegut was actually there, and serves as a reminder of the semi-autobiographical nature of the novel. wee-weed, wee-wee·ing, wee-wees To urinate. The bird symbolises what the reaction of people is. This odor serves as a connection between the narrator and the bombing of Dresden. Poo-tee-weet, isnt just what bird say, but this symbolises the stupidity of war and mass killing. When the narrator's war friend calls him over the phone, Vonnegut can almost smell the scent through the phone. Later in the novel, it is revealed that the corpses at Dresden smell of "mustard gas and roses". This description is too strangely specific to not have meaning. These two smells do not seem to go together, and are first used to describe the narrator's own breath. Still, the frequency with which the reader sees those three words is a depressing reminder to the reader of the large amount of death in the novel. It can be interpreted as reflecting the Tralfamadorian idea that although someone is dead, they are alive in other moments of their life. ![]() ![]() As the novel continues and the reader learns about Tralfamadore and their philosophy, the phrase takes a more hopeful tone. In the beginning of the novel it seems like a careless remark made by an insensitive narrator. Normally at the end of a paragraph, this phrase is said whenever death is mentioned - whether it be that of a dog or of his wife. The most puzzling and glaring motif is the repeated use of the phrase "So it goes".
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