Throughout ?Slaughterhouse-Five?, Kurt Vonnegut uses the expression ?So it goes?. It usually follows a death no matter how it happened whether it be accidental, natural causes or the result of combat. ?So it goes? is the philosophy of Vonnegut regarding death, meaning that death is inevitable and that there is nothing anyone can do about it. Because of the time period of the novel, it also represents that war is part of life and once it occurs, it is violent and people will die. ?So it goes?. Moreover, the volume of repetition of the expression forces the reader to reflect on death and maybe search for its meaning. The tralfamadorian played a major role in ?So it goes? because of their perspective. They see the world in four dimensions and
