Chapter Two

Summary (Highlights):

• Billy Pilgrims life.
• Billy's time switching.
• Luxembourg forest.
• "Sink-or-Swim"
• Radio Show; Plane crash; Tralfamadore
  

Analysis:

Instead of analyzing Billy's life in a linear sequence (Beginning, Middle, End) we are able to analyze in a 'circular' method. As if to say we are taken back and forth throughout his life experiences. This is also the 'Tralfamadore's ' main philosophy. 

He also begins describing the hardships of war. Ex: Walk through Luxembourg forest. 

Everytime a death occurs during the chapter, the author writes 'So it goes'. Which reminds us that this book centralizes around death and war.

Relations:

When I began reading the part about the Tralfamodore's I found it very funny. I imagined a war veteran (who is usually and most commonly supposed to be serious about life) talking like a child about alien stories. In fact, the way he describes these beings reminds me about the movie with Tom Cruise "War of Worlds". There is also one part during this chapter that explains that the Tralfamadore's believe they are better than humans because they are able to see in 4 dimensions, which in the case of the movie the aliens believe they are smarter than humans because they feed off of blood. 

Also whenever anyone talks about war veterans I think of the movie Forest Gump. In which, Forest meets and saves his commanding officer during the Vietnam War and who ends up being his fishing partner.