"Billy says that he first came unstuck in time in 1944, long before his trip to Tralfamadore." - pg. 30
I don't know whether to title this blog Flashback, Flashforward, Foreshadowing, or Random Events That Have Nothing To Do With Each Other & Confuse Me. Flashback is going to have to work. All of the time travelling seems to have significance, but I'm not 100% sure what it is yet. I know Billy is reliving parts of his past that he doesn't necessarily enjoy thinking about. Maybe this is his way of subconsciously dealing with all of the painful things that have happened to him. He doesn't focus on each event very much, which makes me think that every one of them makes him feel a bit uncomfortable. He's scared of remembering the parts of his life that he's tried so hard to forget, but there's not better way to remember than to relive it all first hand. I think this will eventually help Billy cope with everything that has happened in his life.
I like how you said Billy copes by his own beliefs about his life. I think the concept of four dimensional time, where all moments are eternal and time is not an arrow, helps him to cope with death. As is said in the book, death is just someone in a bad condition at the moment. In this regard, Billy doesn't feel intimidated by death, which he has seen so much of in his time in Europe.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with the confusion of flashing forward, backward, and sideways. I thought that the time travel was significant because it shows the connections Billy makes between different moments in his life. It also kind of shows how certain things have effected Billy now.
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