I have fallen in love with this book. It gives insight on all the negatives of war, and as the little bird said, "Poo-tee-weet", only showing that there is nothing good to say about war. Each paragraph of this book are different moments of time. According to the main character, Billy Pilgrim, who by the way is also the narrator, all of life is based on time, but in the fourth dimension, according to the Tralfamadorians or aliens, is where time flows continuously, repeatedly, and backwards, all at the same time. The Tralfamadorians also speak ofwhat we know as free will. To them this idea does not exist but it is a force that counters our free will when we want to getsomething done.
One othe the true themes of this book is death. Death is in every point in this book and is even announed by when Pilgrim says, "So it goes", to all mentions, thus making them equal. This pointsout howinevitable death is but only the Tralfamadorians are theonly ones who can make it sound good, "You can die at any moment, but you are aliove for allother moments of your life".
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