The way I saw it, the point Vonnegut was trying to make was that a higher purpose does exist but it doesn't really matter what it is. What does matter is the meaning we make out of something that is most likely absurd and anti-climatic and disappointing after all we build it up to be. Take the alien who is manufactured as the perfect tool who literally disintegrates from the very human emotions of disappointment and heartbreak and compare that to the fact that the point of the entire universe is to deliver a spare part. We shouldn't waste so much time wondering about what we don't know because it will most likely pale in comparison to what we do know. I love this idea so much.
What are your thoughts? I'd love to know!
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The Sirens of Titan is my favourite book. It gets to Vonnegut’s main thesis – that everything is a tad absurd – far better than his other novels, even Slaughter House 5.
We are all participating in some grand dance, a dance that may or may not have meaning, but will be danced regardless.
I read it as “your suffering is meaningless to others”