Billy Pilgrim

The story of Billy Pilgrim is pretty strange in the sense that they say he lived through WWII and probably had some sort of trauma. At the beginning of the chapter they say that “He has walked through a door in 1955 and come out another in 1941… He has seen his birth and death many times.” Pg 23. This starts the story pretty weird. Besides, after a couple more pages it becomes a pretty normal story like any other. Nothing extraordinary happens. By the end of the chapter it becomes weird and extraordinary again by saying how he supposedly travels through time. Another pretty strange thing that happens with Billy has a plane accident. “The plane crashed on top of Sugarbush Mountain, in Vermont. Everybody was killed but Billy.” Pg 25. Billy had gone through many tragedies and experiences. It wouldn’t be strange if he had any mental issues after this. There have been many cases that war veterans end up with many problems because of all the pain and suffering that they have witnessed of experienced. Billy insisted in “Tralfamadore” some sort of planet that he said he had been on. This story shows that the author is telling us how the events of war left a psicological effect on the veterans.