Comment: So It Goes by Ally

When I saw this picture, a flood of different ideas rushed through my mind.  There are so many perspectives you can take on an open bird cage, about as many as you can take on Vonnegut's novel, SH5. 

First, I thought that the cage represented Vonnegut's mind when his book was banned.  It was almost as if they were caging his ideas and keeping them separated from the rest of society.  Locked up and safely stored where no one could reach them.  It also was like his freedom was stolen, much like if he were inside a hypothetical cage.

Then, I noticed that the cage door was open.  It seems to resemble him thinking outside of the box, or rather outside of the cage.  So if you look at the cage as Vonnegut's mind, it is like the government tried to trap it and keep it away from anything else, which is what a cage can ultimately represent.  But if you look at it as representing his ideas, then its almost like they escaped the accepted version of normal and broke away.  They really are outside of the cage. 

The third way I thought of this picture was as a way of representing Vonnegut as a little bit crazy.  The cage door being open can insinuate that the bird or animal that lived there has escaped, and there is now nothing.  This may have been Vonnegut's mind before the war; a cage with a bird in it.  Then after, the bird may have escaped, making it seem as though he has lost his mind, which would honestly make some of his ideas more understandable. But then, maybe there was never a bird there in the first place.  Maybe V. had these ideas before, but is there really a way of knowing? 

This was a very interesting picture that made me think, so thanks to Ally for posting it.