Slaughterhouse-Five : Symbolism

"All there is to say about a massacre, things like 'Poo-tee-tweet'?" (pg.19)

Here, Vonnegut is telling us about a massacre that occured in the war from a bird's point of view. He is saying that we make such a big deal out of a massacre, but a bird just simply chirps at it. This is a symbol meaning that there truly aren't many intellectual things to say about a massacre or even war in general. This excerpt is anti-war because Vonnegut is saying that war is not smart. There is really nothing to say about a massacre that has any merit to it. He doesn't understand why massacres occur. He says that it is supposed to be silent after a massacre. But he is like a bird, chirping, wondering why this had to take place.