Chapter 10: Poo-tee-weet?

          To begin, I realize that I have used the term theme numerous times in other posts, but I wanted to address the theme presented at the end of the novel. One of the biggest themes of the novel can be summarized in the last line of the novel, "One bird said to Billy Pilgrim, 'Poo-tee-weet?' (Vonnegut 215). At the beginning of the novel, Vonnegut addresses the point that nothing can be said about a massacre. In witnessing the Dresden bombings, Vonnegut knew just how destructive it was. By possessing this outlook, Vonnegut only has a bird chirping at the end of the novel to show the theme that nothing can describe the horror of large-scale death, destruction, etc. The birds chirping also shows that nothing intelligent can be said about war. After reading this novel, I have realized that this is a very understandable and truthful theme about life.