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?
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