Slaughterhouse - Five Literary Term: Juxtapose

Juxtapose

• Def.- things placed side by side, usually unexpected combinations to compare and contrast
• Ex.- "roses and mustard gas" pg. 4, pg. 73, pg. 214
• C.-The phrase is used to describe an awful smell, whether it be Vonnegut's breath when he has been drinking or the smell of the "rotted and liquefied" bodies in Dresden.
• C.- The juxtaposition of the beauty and sweetness of roses with the debilitating effects of mustard gas serves to
• C.- emphasize the theme of the destructiveness of war, that war can make even the most beautiful things, such as roses, horrible and disgusting with its contaminating effects.