Just finished pic related; I liked it, but I didn't quite understand the point of the aliens... was there a deeper meaning besides just representing the escapism of a broken soldier? Any other thoughts about the book?
Slaughterhouse Five
Nicholas Smith
Dylan Adams
There's always fucking aliens in his books.
Ethan Smith
Read The Sirens of Titan now.
Kevin Evans
Poo-too-tweet?
Samuel Collins
Is the alien part really weirder than the war part?
Benjamin Hernandez
Vonnegut's Tralfamadorians usually face some kind of problem with reality. In SH5, it's Predestination.
Samuel Jenkins
think of them as a framing device especially if you're going to pull the narratology argument with it, otherwise they provide a few good jokes and maintain a weird sense of sstructure to the book (again more on this in the narratology)
also a thing
whoah
Colton Richardson
Is Vonnegut a meme or should I read one of his books over spring break (also which one to start with?)
Kayden Walker
No he isn't, Slaughterhouse or Breakfast of Champions
Landon Gonzalez
>Breakfast of Champions
this was terrible, i don't usually drop books 2/3 the way though but i couldn't finish it. cat's cradle and slaughterhouse five had enough interesting stuff going on but this was 100% snarky reddit humor