Connections - Chapter Nine: The Coffin Wagon
Billy Pilgrim and other Americans are looting abandoned houses in Dresden when they come across a wagon with two horses and a coffin in the back. They decide to take this and use is as transportation. When Billy Pilgrim is riding in the coffin, it makes me wonder about the connection between war and death. I believe this is a symbol that after war is over, a part of all who took part in it has died.
I agree with this connection with the wagon and the war. I do think the wagon serves as a symbol of the lives that were lost during the destruction of Dresden.
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