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When I first read "Poo-tee-weet?" I had no idea what in the heck it meant. However; as I read the end of SH 5 the meaning of the phrase dawned on me. The meaning was so simple it was hard for me to believe that I didn't catch it the first time I read it, I actually laughed about it for awhile. What I took away from poo-tee-weet is that death, war, time, you name it never has to happen for a reason or have meaning to it, but it just happens. I believe that is also why Vonnegut used the Tralfamadorians in SH 5 to show that we as people are always looking for an explanation for something, and focus on the bad things in life that we forget to just take a step back, and look at all the wonders in life. Not everything in life has a logical reason behind it, it just is what it is.
I agree with Andy. Although this book was complicated at times, the messages we can get from it are quite simple. Vonnegut is simply saying that all of lifes questions cannot be answered. We can keep wondering but we may never find the true answer.
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