Definition of absurd: Ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous.
Something in life that I find truly absurd is social injustice. For example: disproportionate wealth distribution, prejudice, discrimination, oppression, homophobia, racism, sexism, stereotyping, etc.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
SCHLACHTHOF ZWEI
Active reading notes, Chapter 2
1) How is this man Billy Pilgrim traveling through time, within his own life experiences, but without his control?
2) Why does the narrator repeatedly say 'so it goes' after giving information about Billy Pilgrim and other characters?
3) Who are these Tralfamadore's and why did they put Billy in a zoo if they are supposedly friendly creatures?
4) What is the relevance of the phrase "so it goes"?
5) What made Billy suddenly go to New York one day and then continue to devote his cause to informing people about the Tralfamadorians?
6) Weary seems to be a very odd character, being obsessed with torture and carrying every item he has ever received including a dirty photo
7) What sparked Billy becoming 'unstuck in time' while he was in a war zone?
8) Is Billy's mother saying "how did I get so old" a representation that she also was unstuck in time and confused about how she had come to become old so quickly?
9) Why does Weary care so much about helping out Billy? Enough to let two of the 'three muskateers' ditch him.
10) How was Billy able to make a speech and remember he had taken a speech course if he was just jumping through time and didn't experience all the events up until the speech?
1) How is this man Billy Pilgrim traveling through time, within his own life experiences, but without his control?
2) Why does the narrator repeatedly say 'so it goes' after giving information about Billy Pilgrim and other characters?
3) Who are these Tralfamadore's and why did they put Billy in a zoo if they are supposedly friendly creatures?
4) What is the relevance of the phrase "so it goes"?
5) What made Billy suddenly go to New York one day and then continue to devote his cause to informing people about the Tralfamadorians?
6) Weary seems to be a very odd character, being obsessed with torture and carrying every item he has ever received including a dirty photo
7) What sparked Billy becoming 'unstuck in time' while he was in a war zone?
8) Is Billy's mother saying "how did I get so old" a representation that she also was unstuck in time and confused about how she had come to become old so quickly?
9) Why does Weary care so much about helping out Billy? Enough to let two of the 'three muskateers' ditch him.
10) How was Billy able to make a speech and remember he had taken a speech course if he was just jumping through time and didn't experience all the events up until the speech?
SCHLACHTHOF EINS (Slaughterhouse One)
Active reading notes on Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Chapter 1
1) What does the narrator mean when he says "there must have been a ton of human bone meal beneath the ground?
2) Interesting how the narrator directly talks about the writing of the book. i.e. " I would hate to tell you what this lousy little book cost me in money and anxiety and time."
3) What does the limerick and song he remembers mean? What do they have to do with him writing his book?
4) What does Eheu, fugaces labuntur anni(Alas, the fleeting years slip) mean?
5) Confusing how the narrator brings up the limerick and song saying my name is Yon Yonson more than once. Also being out of context when he does.
6) What's the meaning of the paragraph in about Dresden written in German?
7) What book is he referring to writing if it's not Slaughterhouse Five
8) What is the relevance of the text he reads from the Gideon Bible?
9) The chapter comes together at the end stating (and also answering some of my own questions from above) but none the less leaves you wondering if the first chapter was just an introduction of the author himself and a background to the book
10) What is the relevance of the birds saying 'Poo-Tee-Weet' that he claims is how the book will end?
Chapter 1
1) What does the narrator mean when he says "there must have been a ton of human bone meal beneath the ground?
2) Interesting how the narrator directly talks about the writing of the book. i.e. " I would hate to tell you what this lousy little book cost me in money and anxiety and time."
3) What does the limerick and song he remembers mean? What do they have to do with him writing his book?
4) What does Eheu, fugaces labuntur anni(Alas, the fleeting years slip) mean?
5) Confusing how the narrator brings up the limerick and song saying my name is Yon Yonson more than once. Also being out of context when he does.
6) What's the meaning of the paragraph in about Dresden written in German?
7) What book is he referring to writing if it's not Slaughterhouse Five
8) What is the relevance of the text he reads from the Gideon Bible?
9) The chapter comes together at the end stating (and also answering some of my own questions from above) but none the less leaves you wondering if the first chapter was just an introduction of the author himself and a background to the book
10) What is the relevance of the birds saying 'Poo-Tee-Weet' that he claims is how the book will end?
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