Chapter One: Mutt and Jeff

  


     Vonnegut has a nice way of making comparisons throughout the chapter. There was just one comparison that caught my eye. I was very curious about the relationship Vonnegut explained about O’Hare and Vonnegut saying “We were Mutt and Jeff in the war” (pg. 4). I kept reading over the phrase “Mutt and Jeff.” My curiously got the better of me; therefore, I naturally looked up the names. Mutt and Jeff was a comic strip created in 1907. I discovered a YouTube video that revealed a tall and skinny man (Mutt) and a short and bald man (Jeff). These two men always seem to find trouble or trouble finds them. They have dangerous and funny adventures. Once I got a good idea of Mutt and Jeff, I compared them to the two men from the movie Dumb and Dumber. Then, I focused on the book. I linked the relationship between Mutt & Jeff and Vonnegut & O’Hare and came to a conclusion. Similar to Mutt and Jeff, Vonnegut and O’Hare probably had some crazy quests during the war. In the end, they always pulled through for each other to remain somewhat safe during the war and friends. Another simple reason Vonnegut compared Mutt & Jeff to his relationship with O’Hare was because O’Hare was short (Jeff) and he was tall (Mutt), thus creating Mutt and Jeff!