I love how Kurt, the writer of "Slaughter House Five", describes things so well. I also enjoy how he is able to jump from one part of the story to another with such ease by using the problem his character "Billy" had by becoming unstuck in time.
Here we finally get to meet the aliens. I think its so cool that Billy already knows that they are coming from him, and he is so relaxed. He just sits down and waits for them to come. He drinks and watches TV movies backwards and forwards. He just sits and waits, he does not care if they are going to capture him. The suspense is small but its still there since we begin to wonder, when are they coming? What are they going to do? Why is he so calm? Why dosn't he call the police?
Once again, Kurt takes us to another part of the story, by making Billy unstuck in time. He takes us back to the fronts of World War II where people are being killed and fighting their hearts out, and Billy is the brave hero of our story, capturing and killing all the Nazis. Well, not really actually. Billy, along with other Americans, has just been captured by the Germans. They are inside a train, they are starving and eventually they have to wear dirty old jackets, and be criticised by German soldiers. By now we know weary is dead.
Once again we are taken back to the cold home of Billy. He is in his forties, and captured by aliens. How fun. The aliens speak through an organ that make human noises. They speak with authority and with a way of explaining things that is not human, "earthlings are such great explainers" says one aliens. Id like to know, is that true? I don't think its always true. Some are good, and some aren't. Because of our cultural difference we all understand differently.
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