Chapter 10: What Structure?
I found
this entire book interesting and mind-boggling. I have no regrets for reading
Slaughterhouse Five this summer. I found it intriguing how Vonnegut was able to
bring himself back into the novel in the final chapter saying that he was at
the inn keeper’s stable where the American prisoners of war stayed after the
bombing of Dresden. In many books I have read there has always been a
chorological or a certain structure it must follow; however, in Slaughterhouse
Five the whole book is jumbled up and there is no telling where or even when
Billy will open his eyes next. He makes this book almost seem not logical just
as he is trying to get across to us that war is not logical. All I think I can
say about this book and the message Vonnegut is trying to get across to the
audience is “Poo-tee-weet?”
Jared, I agree with you completely. To me as well there was no structure what so ever. We saw most of Billy's life, just not in any particular order. It confused me so much.
ReplyDeleteI think the structure of the novel has a lot to do with the life of Billy Pilgrim. He is a boy who does not really belong anywhere. Throughout his life he is sent back in forth between time lapses. I believe the confusion caused by the structure of the novel is meant to make the reader feel as confused as Billy.
ReplyDeleteThe picture in your post describes exactly how I felt about the blog. It was random, because Billy Pilgrim was random. He went, in his mind, to whatever moment in time that he wanted, so his head must have looked a lot like that picture.
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