Sunday, October 14, 2012
Weirdness
As I was reading chapter 5 tonight, I could not help but notice that Billy (apart fromm being just really weird) maybe can "become unstuck in time" sort of all the time. For instance, on page 135, Billy says how Derby describes the "Earthlings" and the weather and how the "Earthlings" dont want to inhabit "Earth" sometimes. But, they aren't on Tralfamadore. They're in the hospital prison talking about war, yet Billy can see Derby in one eye talking to him and Derby being shot in the future in the other eye, while using terminology one can relate to science fiction/Tralfamadore. I just think its weird.
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I think that Billy might use his experiences on Tralfalmadore as a coping mechanism to make all the killing in the war seem less significant. Just like how dreams take parts of real life and jumble them up, Billy's invention of Tralfamadore takes the things he takes pleasure in like sex and science fiction and makes them part of his alternative life on Tralfalmadore.
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting how in one sentence Billy is looking into the past, and the next suddenly he is catapulted into the future. It just makes the book like no other, and in that way interesting to read. I agree with Sam that Billy uses Tralfalmadore as a coping mechanism. Everyone has their own way of coping with the hardships around them.
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