Chapter 4

"...half a bottle of champagne [was] on the kitchen table...'Drink me,' it seemed to say" (Vonnegut 73).

I chose a picture of a champagne bottle because the quote is talking about champagne. The particular bottle in my photograph looks to be a bit on the fancier side, which would make it a bit more appealing to the consumer.

I chose this quote because I liked the line "'Drink me,' it seemed to say." As soon as I read this line, I was immediately reminded of Alice in Wonderland, where she encounters the bottle labeled "drink me" that makes her shrink. Even though Alice did not know that the contents of the bottle would change her size when she first drank it, she was willing to take the risk. In Slaughterhouse-Five, Billy is somewhat aware that soon after he drinks the champagne, the saucer will come. However, he does not quite know what to expect. Even though his drinking of the champagne does not directly correlate to his experience in the saucer the way Alice's drinking from the bottle directly correlates to her change in size, both experiences can be said to be examples of a willingness to take risks, even when one is not quite sure where those risks will take them.