“Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is.” Billy Pilgrim the main character in Slaughterhouse-Five time travels throughout time, learning about the future. Billy Pilgrim refuses to adjust his beliefs for anyone else. Pilgrim accepts how life works, accepting that he will have a decent marriage and how he will die. After tragedies the phrase “So it goes.” is often repeated, which mimics how Billy Pilgrim views life. Pilgrim was abducted by Tralfamadorians, who provide Billy a new point of view on how “There is no why.”Billy “did not travel in time to... experience.”, his passiveness towards life is refreshing in the aspect that he allows for life to happen.
