Humanity has been drowned in war since the dawn of time. War has evidently caused an immense amount of damage to cities, families, and individuals. Kurt Vonnegut, creator of Slaughter-House-Five, incomparably depicts the harsh struggle of living through a daily war experienced by common people such as the anti-hero, Billy Pilgrim. Pilgrim has lived his future and his past because of the story constantly flashing back and forth in time. As he relives moments in his life, Pilgrim is displayed as a classic embodiment of a weak, incompetent soldier in World War II, a mundane husband with a life he does not enjoy, a naive prisoner that is eventually enlightened in the far-flung planet of Trafalmadore, and a passive man that accepts his unexpected, unfortunate death.
To commence with, in Pilgrim’s initial flashback it is shown that people around him belittle him and he typically perceived as a weakling. This is because the people around him expect to be an intrepid and heroic since he is a soldier when in reality he is the complete opposite. Though, “Roland Weary, the soldier who torments Pilgrim while they wander behind enemy lines, believes he is a great warrior. Along with the two scouts with whom he and Pilgrim find …show more content…
Paul Lazzaro, a war mate, blamed Weary’s death on Pilgrim and he promised he’d have him killed after war. His advice to Pilgrim was “whenever the doorbell rings, have somebody else answer the door” (141). Pilgrim did not feel threatened at the time of war. As a time-traveler, he had seen his death many times (141). This was a death threat that was over thirty years old, yet it was accomplished. Since Pilgrim knows exactly how and when he dies, he fearlessly waits for it to happened. He has no worries in the slightest. Pilgrim has control to change his fate, avoid his death, yet he does not attempt to do so. Evidently, Pilgrim knows the amount of control he has over his fate, but he has superfluous
To commence with, in Pilgrim’s initial flashback it is shown that people around him belittle him and he typically perceived as a weakling. This is because the people around him expect to be an intrepid and heroic since he is a soldier when in reality he is the complete opposite. Though, “Roland Weary, the soldier who torments Pilgrim while they wander behind enemy lines, believes he is a great warrior. Along with the two scouts with whom he and Pilgrim find …show more content…
Paul Lazzaro, a war mate, blamed Weary’s death on Pilgrim and he promised he’d have him killed after war. His advice to Pilgrim was “whenever the doorbell rings, have somebody else answer the door” (141). Pilgrim did not feel threatened at the time of war. As a time-traveler, he had seen his death many times (141). This was a death threat that was over thirty years old, yet it was accomplished. Since Pilgrim knows exactly how and when he dies, he fearlessly waits for it to happened. He has no worries in the slightest. Pilgrim has control to change his fate, avoid his death, yet he does not attempt to do so. Evidently, Pilgrim knows the amount of control he has over his fate, but he has superfluous