![]() These references appear to refute my interpretation, as I have no understanding of why Vonnegut included the symbol in his God Bless You Mr Rosewater. They can go to hell." "Poo-tee-weet?" Eliot looked up into the tree, and the memory of all that had happened in the blackness came crash- ing. We have no intention of testing the other fifty-six claimants. ![]() KURT VONNEGUT "Poo-tee-weet?" Eliot looked up into the tree again, wondered what his own ideas about Rosewater County had been, ideas he had. "Poo-tee-weet?" Eliot looked up at the bird and all the green leaves, understood that this garden in downtown In- dianapolis could. when a person feels that life has no meaning and one has no control over ones. Everything is supposed to be very quiet after a massacre, and it always is, except for the birds. side of the garden was bounded by a tennis court, with morning-glories and sweet peas twining in the chicken wire. Ive been talking about his use of the birds poo-tee-weet as symbolic of the meaningless of war, as the birds are a pure species that remains detached. Poo-tee-weet (Vonnegut 215) is the only rational thought on a war. Everybody is supposed to be dead, to never say anything or want anything ever again. " Eliot was within a high garden wall, and the garden was familiar. He was dappled by sunlight filtering down through a sycamore tree. We discussed chapter six, took a quiz, went over why it isnt smart to cheat and created a. However, I now see that this same poo-tee-weet is used in his God Bless you Mr Rosewater. The sound Poo-tee-weet is a stand-in, a nonsensical noise made by birds that represents the fact that there is nothing intelligible that can be said about war or massacres. As I write that the bird’s response to the massacre and to the bombing is a reactionless tweet, as if there was nothing else intelligent to say. Asked by kwangomango on 3:28 PM Last updated by jill d 170087 on 7:09 PM Answers 1 Add Yours. Po-tee-weet, the last word of this book, is a pretty famous one and is a major symbol in this book. What is the meaning of the last line of the novel 'One bird said to Billy Pilgrim, 'Poo-tee-weet' Chapter 9-10. I've been talking about his use of the bird's 'poo-tee-weet' as symbolic of the meaningless of war, as the birds are a pure species that remains detached from man. Home Slaughterhouse Five Q & A What is the meaning of the last. Hey, I'm writing a paper on the satirist, Kurt Vonnegut. What does Poo-tee-weet mean, anyway Surely Vonnegut is representing a sound, not a part of the lexicon. Poo tee weet I received the book in the nice condition thanks to Amazon packaging.
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