Chapter 3

"He took a picture of Billy's and Roland Weary's feet.The picture was widely published two days later as heartening evidence of how miserably equipped the American Army often was, despite its reputation for being rich" (Vonnegut 58).

This picture connects with the quotation I chose as they both pertain to ill-equipped footwear, and the situations that lead people to have such footwear. In the image above, the figure simply wore the socks a lot, so they got very worn out, with large holes. Whereas, in Slaughterhouse-Five, Billy and Weary's feet are in poor condition because they both had to walk a long way with poor footwear.

 I found the portion of this quote describing how the American Army was poorly equipped, even though they had a reputation as being rich rather fascinating, because it makes quite a statement about the way wealth is perceived. The person in this photograph has enough money to purchase new socks, yet they have not done so, possibly because they do not want to waste a pair of socks that can still be worn. But in the novel, Billy and Weary could not get new footwear even though they want to, and the wealth of the American Army is unavailable to them in their current state. Both the picture and the quote show that even if one has access to wealth, that does not necessarily mean that they will use it. Likewise, those in need of wealth, who would gladly take advantage of it if they were able to, often do not have access to it. Therefore, even if someone or something has a reputation for being rich, the way they will use this wealth is up to them.

Chapter 2

"Frames are where the money is" (Vonnegut 24).

My quotation connects to my image because they are both referring to empty frames of glasses. The glasses in my image have no lenses, and in the quote, Vonnegut is referring to empty glasses frames too.

I found this quote to be rather intriguing, because it makes a statement about the reasons that people spend the money that they do. While eyeglasses are expensive, and  are important for the basic need to see, people will spend large amounts of money for stylish frames. The style of the frames correlates directly to the wearer's appearance, meaning that someone purchasing glasses is willing to spend a lot of money to get a frame that makes them look good. In a way, this connects to my image, because when I was getting glasses, I was very focused on how I looked with the glasses on, and was concerned with getting the style of frames that made me look good.

Chapter 1

"Everything is supposed to be very quiet after a massacre, and it always is, except for the birds. And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like 'Poo-tee-weet?'" (Vonnegut 19).

 In both the picture and the quote, a point is made about the habits of birds. Birds pay no notice to the actions of humans, and they continue on with their normal lives no matter what is happening among the lives of humans. Therefore, even during something horrible like a massacre, birds will continue to obliviously sing, and continue on as usual.

When I first read this passage, I thought that Vonnegut's comment made sense. It always seems as though every time there is a moment where everything feels like it should be quiet, there are birds tweeting. I found it interesting that Vonnegut says that the only thing birds can say about a massacre is "poo-tee-weet," which implies that the birds are as speechless as anyone else who witnessed such an atrocity, and are saying the only thing they can think of. This seems really similar to humans, who do the same thing (even thought the only thing that comes to mind is often something that does not help the situation). To me, this quote was easy to understand.