Poo-tee-weet
The most senseless words can have the greatest impact. Throughout Slaughterhouse Five the novel is portrayed as anti-war. I have re-read the ending to this book multiple times in hopes of figuring out the real meaning behind these bird’s chirps. As I began to dig deep thinking about motifs and themes that are common surrounding this book, I realized these chirps have a holistic connection.
The art of speech is unique. If you look deeply into it, it comes down to human beings just uttering sounds. A sound wave divulges from the mouth and there is a meaning behind it. The meaning can be simple or complex. Every word has a definition, but it’s all conceptual. This utterance of the sound “poo-too-weet” is subtle, but is the theme …show more content…
The tralfamadorians see everything simultaneously and through the unorganized structure in this book, time is not definitive. Billy is unstuck in time, and can’t seem to be concrete of which realm of time he is in. The significance of “poo-too-weet” is it’s tangible. It is said at the beginning and is the last sentence of the book. Throughout the novel there is no seizing of time, and Billy Pilgrims time travel continues to be distorted and chaotic. The birds defy that motif and establish themselves within definite moments. Billy Pilgrim 's moments are untrustworthy and can be a fragment of his PTSD, but the birds are in complete separation from his time travel and chirp loud but nobody hears except Billy. There’s a Suffi poet who once said the tongue and heart are married, and Vonnegut’s uses this tweet to display the senselessness that comes along with war which he feels in his heart.
The impact of the birds is arcane, but looking deeply into, you start to comprehend Vonnegut’s intuition. This anti-war novel gets it’s point across through symbolism and deep metaphors that require a great deal of thought. Vonnegut with his complexity has designed this book to make the reader think outside the box. When it all boils down the core, 3 words is all it takes to define a
The most senseless words can have the greatest impact. Throughout Slaughterhouse Five the novel is portrayed as anti-war. I have re-read the ending to this book multiple times in hopes of figuring out the real meaning behind these bird’s chirps. As I began to dig deep thinking about motifs and themes that are common surrounding this book, I realized these chirps have a holistic connection.
The art of speech is unique. If you look deeply into it, it comes down to human beings just uttering sounds. A sound wave divulges from the mouth and there is a meaning behind it. The meaning can be simple or complex. Every word has a definition, but it’s all conceptual. This utterance of the sound “poo-too-weet” is subtle, but is the theme …show more content…
The tralfamadorians see everything simultaneously and through the unorganized structure in this book, time is not definitive. Billy is unstuck in time, and can’t seem to be concrete of which realm of time he is in. The significance of “poo-too-weet” is it’s tangible. It is said at the beginning and is the last sentence of the book. Throughout the novel there is no seizing of time, and Billy Pilgrims time travel continues to be distorted and chaotic. The birds defy that motif and establish themselves within definite moments. Billy Pilgrim 's moments are untrustworthy and can be a fragment of his PTSD, but the birds are in complete separation from his time travel and chirp loud but nobody hears except Billy. There’s a Suffi poet who once said the tongue and heart are married, and Vonnegut’s uses this tweet to display the senselessness that comes along with war which he feels in his heart.
The impact of the birds is arcane, but looking deeply into, you start to comprehend Vonnegut’s intuition. This anti-war novel gets it’s point across through symbolism and deep metaphors that require a great deal of thought. Vonnegut with his complexity has designed this book to make the reader think outside the box. When it all boils down the core, 3 words is all it takes to define a