Poor ol' Billy! (Chapter 2)

All chapter two is devoted to the life of Billy Pilgrim. His life seems to be the toughest one I have heard of. He is one unlucky man, that Billy. His real name is William, but his father-in-law/teacher/ boss tells him to be called Billy because: it is an invitational name, a friendly one, it stays in people's minds (tell me about it) mainly because there are not many Billys. The point being, he has had a terrible life. He has seen his death and his birth-date various times, and all the events in between. He says he has no control over time, over where he goes next. He can close his eyes in his marriage day and open them being in the US ARMY lines fighting the WW2. He is a creepy guy. His whole life is surrounded by many unfortunate events. He enrolled in the Ilium School of Optometry and studied there for about six months. Then he payed his military service, well payed. He had to fight in WW2 against the Germans various times, was rescued, became a prisoner, etc. Once he was in a plane, and the plane crashed into a mountain leaving one survivor: Billy Pilgrim. While he was recuperating, his wife died accidentally of carbon-monoxide intoxication. His father, on the other hand, was shot dead by a friend while hunting deer, and his mother dies very old in an old people home. He claims to be kidnapped by Tralfamadorians, little green guys from the planet Tralfamadore. He claims to be able to be there for years and be the equal to less than a second of earth's time. With a life like that, no need for enemies! Also, I found this quote quite funny. "The soldiers' blue eyes were filled with bleary civilian curiosity as to why one

American would try to murder another one so far from home, and why the victim should laugh."(Page 18-19, Slaughterhouse 5, Kurt Vonnegut) Poor ol' Billy. He is given a real tough beat by a fat tough american soldier ( they are from the same side in the war) and right before being killed (literally, because Weary was about to kick his spine, which would probably kill him) the german officers save him just by staring at Weary. Saved by the enemies, how ironic!

P.S.: Mr. Tangen, the citation is on page 18 of my book, which is the PDF file you put online.