The novel is finalized with the typical world war movie ending, freedom. In representation a bird asks him, “Poo-tee-weet?” Actually it had already been mentioned at the beginning of the story of Billy Pilgrim. Like a circle, a never ending cycle. So it goes. People will keep looking dead, though Vonnegut never mentions reincarnation. So, what happens to the dead?
In the article about Vonnegut’s death, it is clear that only after death a person is recognized for his works. Every good novel and details from his creation were displayed in this TIME article. What for if he is already dead? “So it goes.” And nobody can do anything about it.
I find the first small paragraph quite confusing. I keep asking myself what is that Kurt Vonnegut never did and what did he do for too long. The author of the article does not give any clue about this argument. However the author makes an attempt to support this idea with a quote from this passed away celebrity. I believe that this quote does not fit in the paragraph or sustain the main idea of the article. The reader can ask itself, it is humorous, but what is its purpose? The reader can suppose it is the essence of this character reflected on this sole quote about his death. There are various factors that hide its functional use. For instance the fact that it is a citation that expresses black humor entertains the reader. Although it is not very intelligent what he said because he passed on. By the way it is not mentioned why he died. What kind of death is caused by injuries suffered in a fall? It creates an air of doubt in reliability of the source. He could have actually passed away because of lung cancer, a very common disease in smokers.
The information given by this article about Vonnegut mother’s death suggest that she committed suicide as a consequence of being an unsuccessful writer. I suppose that this is how Vonnegut received the genes of an untalented and depressed writer.
It is certain that this author did not get to meet Vonnegut himself, but simply read the summary of the novel Slaughterhouse-Five on Wikipedia. From this piece of literature the author based the whole article. Besides, extra commentaries from Vonnegut were recollected from the Rolling Stone Magazine. It is easy to assure that the information was recollected on a rainy Sunday while finding no other productive thing to do.
To end this article the author chose such a strange and mysterious quotation from Cat’s Cradle, novel from Vonnegut which reinstates the emptiness of life. Emphasizing the point of view about life in Vonnegut’s eyes. He whose eyes were shut from the magic of life. In his perspective, finally ending the nightmare.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
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