An example of irony in Slaughterhouse 5 is when Billy Pilgrim gets taken by the Tralfamadorians to Tralfamadore. They took Pilgrim and other humans to Tralfamadore to be in a zoo. This is ironic because usually it is the other way around. Usually we are going to the zoo to see animals but instead in Tralfamadore, humans were the animals. It changes your point of view about things that are real in life. It's also ironic because Billy Pilgrim said that he was only their for a couple years but in real life he was there for only a few seconds. Pilgrim said that the Tralfamadorians had a way of changing time except that there is no way to change time.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Slaughterhouse 5: Irony
In Slaughterhouse 5 the dominant literary element is irony. I think the author used irony a lot because he might have wanted the book to be kind of confusing to make you think about it more than you would have previously. In the book, he constantly had you thinking. He might have also wanted to keep the book interesting and the reader to try and figure out what is going to happen next. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. used irony through out almost the entire book.
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I enjoyed reading your blog post. It seems to my that you chose the right literary element. The only thing I would have changed is the the first paragraph, you said he instead of Vonnegut so I did know who the author wss at first.
ReplyDeleteHey Sam. This post is pretty swell. It is well explained and written. Irony is a good choice, and I also chose it as my dominant literary element. Your example is good and it is even better now since it is well explained and supported. The one thing I would change is to include Vonnegut somewhere in the first paragraph.
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