... other way. He wants to tell the world what really happened, but the only way he can make sense of this terrible event in his life is by inserting these eccentric elements. Due to Billy Pilgrim's uncontrollable time-traveling, chronology is almost nonexistent. A reader can first experience Billy's time-traveling when he ... they see all time at once, it's never ending. Every moment is structured a certain way, so it will always happen that way. It is sheerly by chance that Billy can time-travel as well. As a result of his becoming unstuck in time, he understands their concept of destiny ...

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... This style of writing emphasizes the themes of the novel, which are time and death. By writing a novel that is constructed so seemingly pointlessly, Vonnegut is free to explore the themes from the first chapter, rather than waste time on character development, setting, and explanations because they aren't required ... philosophy in order to "escape from the concept of linear time, just as their novels are an escape from linear narration- (McGinnis 3). The Tralfamadorian books are written in just the style that Slaughterhouse-five uses. Each clump of symbols is a brief, urgent message- des...

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