Slaughterhouse 5

I thought that this novel wasn't necessarily one of my favorites,but I did find it to be interesting and made me think. To me the most interesting part of this novel was the phrase "so its goes". The phrase is referring to the Tralfamadorian's idea that although a person may be dead in a particular moment, he or she is alive in all the other moments of his or her life. This phrase was repeated throughout the entire story. However, I found a lot of other parts of this novel that had to do with the Tralfamadorians to be very interesting. For example, the Tralfamadorians believe that all moments repeat themselves and that all moments of time have already happened. Because of this they have the idea that their fate is already decided and so therefore, they accept it and don't believe that they have any power or chance to change their fate. They also believe that here on earth people think of time as a linear progression, which to them is a mistake and not the right way to look at things. I found the ideas of the Tralfamadorians to be very interesting and unique and especially made me think about their idea that our fate is already chosen for us.

Waiting for Gadot

I found Beckett's Waiting for Gadot to be a very interesting and crazy play to read. However, the main issue I found to be so different and interesting was the relationship between Estragon and Vladimir. They seem to be so close but yet in a weird way. For example, Vladimir seems to understand and see that Estragon is very dependent on him and really needs him even though he seems to play it off like he doesn't need Estragon. This is made very clear when Vladamir states that Estragon would be "nothing more than a little heap of bones". This line really caught my attention because it seemed so funny for two individuals to be so close yet make remarks like that towards each other. Also, Vladimir and Estragon always talk about leaving each other or parting, but they never do. Another interesting part about these two individual's relationship was the way in which one repeat what the other one said. For example, when the two characters switch lines in the dialogue, with each asking the other, "It hurts?" and responding, "Hurts! He wants to know if it hurts!" Maybe this way of switching lines and showing repetition is symbolizing the repetitiveness in Vladimir and Estragon's lives in general.