1969, Billy Pilgrim lacks all the qualities of a hero. He is not brave, wise, experienced, strong, or cunning. Even though Billy is one of the main characters in the novel Slaughterhouse-Five, he is not a hero by any means. In World War II, the soldier known as Billy Pilgrim had been all but abandoned by his fellow troops. He had stumbled upon two scouts and a fellow American named Roland Weary, who grew to pity and despise Billy's very being on his confused expedition. Weary and Pilgrim were taken captive by German soldiers, while their fellow American scouts were shot dead by the German regiment. When Billy Pilgrim was taken prisoner of war, the Germans rounded him up with Roland Weary and multiple other American sergeants and colonels. To
