This has to be the longest chapter I have read in this book so far. Even though it was long, it was still interesting and I enjoyed reading it. The author continues to jump back and forth in time, explaining different episodes of Billy's life. He explains abduction by aliens and how Billy was placed in a zoo. He describes his first night at the German camp, where he was given a small jacket and met English men. He describes his laugh that was more like a scream which led him to be taken to the "hospital" room. He explains what he thinks of his mother, and tells us about his fat fiancée.
One thing I noticed the author of this book, our narrator, does is give us words or scenes that remind us of other things that he has already told us about. Such as when the two older soldiers in their 40s talk about the younger soldiers and call them children, they mention the "children's crusade" which takes us back to what the wife of Kurt's war Buddy's wife said. Also we are reminded about the Three Musketeers when Billy fiancée is eating a three musketeers chocolate bar. Why? I think the author did this on purpose just like after he mentions death or a killing of somebody or something he always says, "so it goes"...... So it goes.
I am beginning to believe that Billy never met any aliens. This is because when he was inside a mental asylum, that's his fiancée’s father owns, he read many science fiction books, since the man next to his bad was a fan of science fiction, and a lot of what he reads is similar to what he mentions later on about the aliens he encounters. When he is kept in a zoo with a famous young actrice, and he has many aliens watching, it makes me wonder : How do animals feel inside a zoo? If Billy was an animal he seemed to have liked it. One of the aliens asked if he was happy and he just said, "just as happy as I would be on earth" (not exact words but close)
Sex, War, Comedy and even childhood is all explained in the chapter with great detail of the different time periods of his life. Indeed, Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time. He has seen his birth and death, and pays random visits to all the events in between.
One thing I noticed the author of this book, our narrator, does is give us words or scenes that remind us of other things that he has already told us about. Such as when the two older soldiers in their 40s talk about the younger soldiers and call them children, they mention the "children's crusade" which takes us back to what the wife of Kurt's war Buddy's wife said. Also we are reminded about the Three Musketeers when Billy fiancée is eating a three musketeers chocolate bar. Why? I think the author did this on purpose just like after he mentions death or a killing of somebody or something he always says, "so it goes"...... So it goes.
I am beginning to believe that Billy never met any aliens. This is because when he was inside a mental asylum, that's his fiancée’s father owns, he read many science fiction books, since the man next to his bad was a fan of science fiction, and a lot of what he reads is similar to what he mentions later on about the aliens he encounters. When he is kept in a zoo with a famous young actrice, and he has many aliens watching, it makes me wonder : How do animals feel inside a zoo? If Billy was an animal he seemed to have liked it. One of the aliens asked if he was happy and he just said, "just as happy as I would be on earth" (not exact words but close)
Sex, War, Comedy and even childhood is all explained in the chapter with great detail of the different time periods of his life. Indeed, Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time. He has seen his birth and death, and pays random visits to all the events in between.
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