Right from the beginning we can tell that the book Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is all disorganized. On one page he could be in the war and on the next he could be in his seat in college. A lot of the stories Billy goes around is related to the Tralfamadorians and there way of life, and understanding of time travel.
I believe that Billy is struggling with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and is just making these stories up to cope with what he went through in Dresden.
Emily, I agree with you on the point that he has PTSD and that affects the layout of this book. Do you think that stories he tells are completely random? Or do you think a part of his war story sparks a memory from back home? Also, I would have to disagree that he is making up all of the side stories he tells. I think that every story he tells is something that has already happened, and will have a purpose later on in the book.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sam's point on Vonnegut not exactly making the stories up, and although he could also be using the stories to cope with Dresden, these stories tend to give a wider vision of things, such as death, time, etc. The stories build upon the 'earthlings' having far more of a 'tunnel-vision' than they realize. As far as the layout of the book, he definitely could be struggling with PTSD.
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