Thursday, August 2, 2012
The Bright Side in Chapter 10
Once finished reading chapter ten, Vonnegut's optimism inspired me. While talking about the Tralfamadorian belief that one may visit a moment at any time, Vonnegut says "if I am going to spend eternity visiting this moment and that, I'm grateful that so many of those moments are nice." Out of all the hate, war, and death he lived through, out of all the horrible things he saw, Vonnegut still can see the many good moments he has lived through. Not only does he recognize the good moments, he is grateful! If one can look past war, death, and hate to see the good in things, we ALL can look past a bad day to be thankful for the good in our lives.
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I found Pilgrim's optimism to be fairly extraneous. Throughout the book he had accepted death as a friend. It wasn't until the end that his attitude began to change.
ReplyDeleteI also noticed this at the end of the novel. It was an unexpected pleasure out of a book mostly filled with death and violence. Vonnegut shows a side that is not seen very often throughout the story and I felt almost relieved to read this part.
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