Chapter 10 Poo-tee-weet?
In the last sentence of Slaughterhouse-five, Vonnegut brought back the bird from the beginning of the novel. "One bird said to Billy, 'Poo-tee-weet?'" Vonnegut used this sentence in the beginning of the novel when a massacre occured. He says this because what else are you suppose to say after a massacre. By using this sentence at the end of the book. It lets the reader know that a massacre has occured, and what are you suppose to say about that. "Poo-tee-weet" is about as an appropriate saying as anything else. What are you suppose to say after the loss of so many people? What are we suppose to say about was in general? Vonnegut shows us that at radical moments in our lives, sometimes there is nothing to say. Sometimes the only thing that can be said is "Poo-tee-weet?" Vonnegut used the bird's saying of "Poo-tee-weet" to pull the entire book together.
In the last sentence of Slaughterhouse-five, Vonnegut brought back the bird from the beginning of the novel. "One bird said to Billy, 'Poo-tee-weet?'" Vonnegut used this sentence in the beginning of the novel when a massacre occured. He says this because what else are you suppose to say after a massacre. By using this sentence at the end of the book. It lets the reader know that a massacre has occured, and what are you suppose to say about that. "Poo-tee-weet" is about as an appropriate saying as anything else. What are you suppose to say after the loss of so many people? What are we suppose to say about was in general? Vonnegut shows us that at radical moments in our lives, sometimes there is nothing to say. Sometimes the only thing that can be said is "Poo-tee-weet?" Vonnegut used the bird's saying of "Poo-tee-weet" to pull the entire book together.
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