While traveling by train as a prisoner of war, Billy Pilgrim hears the bark of a dog. A simile is constructed by Vonnegut, "With the help of fear and echoes and winter silences that dog had a voice like a big bronze gong."(82). Upon reading this, I noticed the imagery that Vonnegut evokes through the simile by engaging the reader's sense of sound. The actual comparison of the dog's voice and a bronze gong presents the emotion of loneliness and the silence that generally coincides with it. Since the dog's bark was loud enough to resonate "like a big bronze gong", the reader is made aware of the silent solitude that Billy Pilgrim feels. Also, the image of "winter silences" elicits fear and a feeling of loneliness which undoubtably mirrors Billy Pilgrim's feelings as he traveled in the train. Unaware of his fate at the hands of his captors, Billy Pilgrim feels all alone which makes the simile on page 82 mean much more than just the sound of a dog barking loudly.
While traveling by train as a prisoner of war, Billy Pilgrim hears the bark of a dog. A simile is constructed by Vonnegut, "With the help of fear and echoes and winter silences that dog had a voice like a big bronze gong."(82). Upon reading this, I noticed the imagery that Vonnegut evokes through the simile by engaging the reader's sense of sound. The actual comparison of the dog's voice and a bronze gong presents the emotion of loneliness and the silence that generally coincides with it. Since the dog's bark was loud enough to resonate "like a big bronze gong", the reader is made aware of the silent solitude that Billy Pilgrim feels. Also, the image of "winter silences" elicits fear and a feeling of loneliness which undoubtably mirrors Billy Pilgrim's feelings as he traveled in the train. Unaware of his fate at the hands of his captors, Billy Pilgrim feels all alone which makes the simile on page 82 mean much more than just the sound of a dog barking loudly.
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