Friday, August 3, 2012
Chapter 9-Why must the good die?
Holy crap! I did not see the death of Billy's wife coming. That was just madness and I was not a fan. Billy has a lot stuff going on in his life with time travleing and all, but losing his wife, while unconsious AND time traveling! What are you trying to do Vonnegut!? This whole book is full of allusions to many things in history but one that stood out to me was that"an atomic bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima" (185). That was such a primary part in winning the war that whenever it is mentioned, it is known right off the bat. Vonnegut is getting guttsy...
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David, you have great posts! I love how you put your daily voice into these posts and I know that you would be yelling at Vonnegut as you're reading! I totally agree with this post becasue it just keeps adding up the allusions in the book, and the ironies that occur.
ReplyDeleteOMG David! I totally made connections to Hiroshima as well!!! It's crazy to think of the ironies and allusions made throughout this story to history we just finished studying last year! CRAZY! I enjoyed reading through your posts by the way!
ReplyDeleteThe death of Billy's wife surprised me too. I really didn't expect any thing to happen to her because she was such an unremarkable character.
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