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"If people on Earth want to study hard, there is one thing they can emulate: ignore the bad days and focus on the good times."

This quote is a symbol of goodness. Because the aliens think that now Earth is a wonderful and war-free planet. But maybe there will be a war soon. So want Billy can appreciate the goodness of the present and what he has now. Don't think about the possibility of war in the future, and don't care about the bad days, focus on the good days.

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Tralfamadorians' Know Everything in Life- "'If you know this', said Billy, 'isn't there some way you can prevent it? Can't you keep the pilot from pressing the button?'
'He has always pressed it, and he always will. We always let him and we always will let him. The moment is structured that way'" (Vonnegut 117).

This quote symbolizes the Tralfamadorians smart way of thinking. Billy found out that the Tralfamadorians know everything that happens in life, and that they always blow up the universe due to a mistake. It would make sense for the aliens to tell the pilot to stop pressing the button, but what they are trying to say is that every time this is going to occur, they always give a chance for the pilot to not make his mistake. Hopefully, he would have learned by now what his mistake does, but this symbolizes how humanity is always given opportunities time and time again, but time and time again fail to take them, or always make mistakes, never learning from the past. Everyday we are given another chance to start new and learn from our mistakes, but it is just structured that way that humans are incapable of not making mistakes.

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Rosewater's thought- "He said that everything there was to know about life was in The Brothers Karamazov, by Feodor Dostoevsky. 'But that isn't enough any more,' said Rosewater" (Vonnegut 101).

This quote symbolizes how the world is always changing and how there is always something new to learn. There will never be a point in time where someone knows everything about life, because anything can happen in a split second that can alter the course of other events following, forever. Billy and Rosewater both feel the need to learn about what they went through in war, and with this book, feel the need to have a good grasp on what life is. Everyday the world is changing and everyday new things are being created. So, it is ok to never know everything in life because that is how humans grow as a person, and learn from their experiences and mistakes.

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Giraffes- "Under morphine, Billy had a dream of giraffes in a garden. The giraffes were following gravel paths, were pausing to munch sugar pears from treetops. Billy was a giraffe, too. He ate a pear... The giraffes accepted Billy as one of their own, as harmless creature as preposterously specialized as themselves" (Vonnegut 99).

This quote symbolizes Billy Pilgrim's innocence and his sweet character. Billy could have dreamt of the horrible things in war, but he always finds pleasure and peace in innocent and sweet things. Billy feels that he can relate with this innocence in the way that in the dream, he too was a giraffe. He was free from everything bad and was eating a sugar pear with other giraffes, having no worries at all. It is thought that someone who has come back from war would be completely different and only think about horrific things, but that is not the case with Billy. Billy is not phased by some things he saw in war, and loves and admires anything innocent. His dream of the giraffes is the ultimate example of someone who is too innocent to accept the harsh reality.

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Billy's burning coat- "Billy Pilgrim was on fire, having stood too close to the glowing stove. The hem of his little coat was burning. It was a quiet, patient sort of fire-like the burning of punk. Billy wondered if there was a telephone somewhere. He wanted to call his mother, to tell her he was alive and well" (Vonnegut 97).

This quote symbolizes Billy's carefree personality and numb soul. Even though he saw himself catching on fire, his first instinct wasn't to put it out, it is like he didn't care if he was burned. He simply ignored it and thought about something completely different, as if his clothes are not burning in that moment. It was almost like Billy was numb and careless when he sees danger, maybe because he thinks that if he is burning, or gets shot, he will never be dead, so what is the point of making a big deal. Instead of reacting quick to put out the fire, his first thought was to get a phone and call his mom. It wasn't until one of the men he was with put the fire out for him with Billy still not being stunned or frightened.

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No life- "They had not seen a woman or a child for four years or more. They hadn't seen any birds, either. Not even sparrows would come into the camp" (Vonnegut 93).

This quote symbolizes and expresses how horrible war is. War is such a scary and destructive event/place that even birds that live everywhere and fly in the sky 24/7, were never seen in war. The soldiers have not been able to see any other kind of life other than the soldiers next to them and their enemies. The last line of the quote is especially significant and symbolizes that absolutely no life, even the most common bird, would not cross such unimaginable danger like war. Sparrows are the most widely distributed wild bird in the world, found on 6/7 continents. This symbolizes that these soldiers were the only living creatures brave enough to face danger such as war.

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"It was full of bullet holes. Billy Pilgrim dressed himself. He put on the little overcoat, too." (Vonnegut 90)

This symbolizes how Billy sees the war different from others. Billy's view is shown from the coat. The coat is full of bullet holes and is totally worn down, but he just thinks that its a regular coat and its fine. "Sure it has a few bullet holes but its fine", but in reality others see it as a dirty coat with tons of bullet holes in it. When it says that Billy dressed himself it gave more of an emphasis that he knew what he was wearing and I guess normalized war and bullet  holes because he went through it and was face to face with it even though he wasn't ready for it.

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"There was still life on Billy's bedside table--two pills, an astray with three lipstick-stained cigarettes in it, one cigarette still burning, and a glass of water. The water was dead. So it goes. Air was tying to get out of that dead water. Bubbles were clinging to the walls of the glass, to weak to climb out" (Vonnegut 101).

This quote discusses about how Billy is on the wrong path/direction by how it illustrates that their are multiple cigarettes. In addition, this quote states about the air that's struggling to get out of the water which symbolizes how Billy's trying to get out of the mess that he made in his life.

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"There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time" (88).

The Tralfamadorians concept of time shown in their books is similar to Billy's. The Tralfamadorians explain that there is "no beginning, no middle, no end" or in Billy's case, there is no past, present, or future. In their books, all moments are seen at the same time. This represents Billy because he is constantly revisiting old memories and moments, whether they are good or bad.

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Cinderella - "The women in the play were really men, of course. the clock had just struck midnight, and Cinderella was lamenting, 'Goodness me, the clock that struck-- Alackday, and f*ck my luck,'" (Vonnegut 98)

Just as Cinderella lived a double life with the hep of her Fairy Godmother, Billy too was living a double, time traveling between the two. As Cinderella was powerless against her step mother and sisters, Billy too was powerless against his peers and opposing military forces. Throughout the novel Bilyl constantly struggled with the grasp of time, similar to how Cinderella had struggled with time.

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"Billy hated the canyon. He was sure that he was going to fall in. His mother touched him, and he wet his pants" (89).

The canyon symbolizes how Billy is afraid of the things in his life. He got so scared when his mother touched him which demonstrates he has never felt safe. This shows how his life is so unexpected and he never knows what is going to happen.

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"The water was dead. So it goes. Air was trying to get out of that dead water. Bubbles were clinging to the walls of the glass, too weak to climb out." (101)
The water and bubbles symbolizes his experiences from the war. He is picturing the water bubbles fighting for their lives as he once witnessed people to do. The author tells the audience that he can't escape from this state of mind and connects everything with his trauma.

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"Out went the lights. Billy didn't even know whether he was still alive or not. And then something ghostly floated in the air on his left. It had numbers on it. His father had taken out his pocket watch. The watch had a radium dial" (Vonnegut 90).

This quote discusses a memory of a watch that Billy's father had when Billy was a child. This quote illustrates Billy being surrounded by darkness and how the numbers on his father's watch are the only light gleaming in the darkness. This quote is portraying how his father's watch had helped guide him with keeping track of time before, but now time to him is lost in the darkness.

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“You know-we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being  fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten tat war were fought by babies. When I saw those freshly shaved faces, it was a shock."(106)

This is the quote about the symbol of the different soilder in the war. The general felt that war was nothing more than babies being killed by the other side, and not that war was a very serious matter, and he was disturbed by the idea of war and the fact that so many young people were dying for it. The protagonist of this novel, Billy, has bitter feelings about war, and he hopes that there will not be many wars in this world. This sentence also represents the different views of war on different planets.

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"...but the candles and the soap were made from the fat of rendered Jews and Gypsies and fairies and communists, and other enemies of the state" (Vonnegut 96).

The government is attempting to create beauty/light from all of the lives lost. The candles are a distraction from the horror and death that has been implemented throughout the world. Their lack of sympathy for all of the lives lost is apparent in their attempt to beautify war.

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Valencia Merble: "Valencia was the daughter of the owner of the Ilium School of Optometry. She was rich." (Vonnegut 107). The word "valencia" means powerful, and this also implies the power she holds through money. This is why Billy is attracted to her, but he does not truly love her.

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"The giraffes accepted Billy as one of their own, as a harmless creature as preposterously specialized as themselves"
Through using the symbol of a giraffe, the author portrays Billy's innocence during and even after the war. Giraffes are innocent creatures and the author reveals to us that Billy is just as harmless and wants and needs to be cared for.

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"Under morphine, Billy had a dream of giraffes in a garden... The giraffes accepted Billy as one of their own, as a harmless creature as preposterously specialized as themselves. Two approached him from opposite sides, and leaned against him." (Vonnegut, Page 99)

This dream of giraffes loving him symbolizes how he needs affection after he has been damaged by the war, and he needs people (or even animals) to take care of him and love him. In addition, dreaming about giraffes in particular symbolizes spiritual awakenings, and with the help of the Tralfamadorians , he is about to experience a spiritual awakening.

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"And Tralfamadorians don't see human beings as two-legged creatures, either. They see them as great millipedes - "with babies' legs at one end and old people's legs at the other," says Billy Pilgrim" (Vonnegut 110)

This quote symbolizes the Tralfamadorians view of time. They view all time at once, a tralfamadorian states that when the view the whole book at once. This is how they view time, with no beginning or end, everything happens in the same moment.

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"Billy's fiancee had finished her Three Musketeers Candy Bar. Now she was eating a Milky Way" (110).
This quotes is a symbol of the progress of Billy's life. Specifically, it is a symbol of how he started out his life being apart of a group who labeled themselves the Three Musketeers. However, as time went on, or rather how it didn't, Billy was taken by the Tralfamadorians and taken to their planet. This travel through space is symbolized by the Milky Way candy bar.

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"'Youre on fire, lad!' he said, and he got Billy away from the stove and beat out the sparks with his hands.
When Billy made no comment on this, the Englishman asked him, 'Can you talk? Can you hear?'
Billy nodded." (123)
This quote represents that Billy is soulless. Not only is he on fire, but he is told that he is on fire, and still does not say a word to the man that saved him.

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"Billy was displayed there in the zoo in a simulated Earthling habitat" (Vonnegut 112).

As learned throughout the book, the Tralfamadorians are strictly against war. By placing Billy in a zoo, the Tralfamadorians provide the idea that humans are nothing more than animals. Their constant fighting equates to lack of intelligence, or the inability to fully problem solve. Creating war has made humanity "stupider", giving the aliens something to laugh at.

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"While he examined the boy's eyes, Billy told him mattter-of-factly about his adventurers on Tralfamadore, assured the fatherless boy that his father was very much alive still in moments the boy would see again and again" (Vonnegut 135).

In this quote, one can see how Billy is trying to share knowledge with the world after he has come home from his trip to Tralfamadore. Not only is he acting as an optometrist to fix people's eyes now, but he is also working to help people figuratively see the realities of life (which he was exposed to when he was abducted). Billy is no longer worried about the opinions of others and feel it is his duty to provide truth to other people.

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"The flatcar sometimes crept, sometimes went extremely fast, often stopped--went uphill, downhill, around curves, along straightaways." (147)

In this quote, the flatcar represents the adventure and the unpredictability of life. There are always moments that are more exciting than others or depressing, but life is always changing. Furthermore, Billy also explains that he was tied down to the flatcar and he could only see through a small dot at the end of a pipe. This ties in the Tralfamadorian perspective of life into the human perspective of life. Humans think that life has its up's and down's but the ability to make choices to change your future makes it worth living. However, Billy being tied down and only being able to see a little reflects how Tralfamadorians believe that there is no free will and that everyone is just along for the ride and has no say in what is happening around them.

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Ilium School of Optometry - "Billy had committed himself in the middle of his final year at the Ilium School of Optometry. Nobody else suspected that he was going crazy. Everybody else thought he looked fine and was acting fine. Now he was in the hospital. The doctors agreed: He was going crazy" (Vonnegut 100). The school is ironic and it symbolizes that a school cannot "see clearly" that Billy was going crazy until he went to the hospital. It is also ironic that Billy studies the functionality of eyes, and yet he can't seem to grasp his vision and sanity because of the war that he experienced.

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"A ranger was explaining that the Caverns had been discovered by a cowboy who saw a huge cloud of bats come out of a hole in the ground. And then he said that he was going to turn out all the lights, and that it would probably be the first time in the lives of most people there that they had ever been in darkness that was total." (Vonnegut 89-90)
This story of a cowboy exploring the caverns could be a reflection of Billy being kidnapped by the Tralfamadorians. The cowboy symbolises Billy Pilgrim, he discovered his caverns when he was kidnapped by the Tralfamadorians. The cowboy going into the darkness could be symbolising Billy learning about the Tralfamadorian view of time, as this "darkness" is new to most people.

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"When Billy Pilgrim's name was inscribed in the ledger of the prison camp, he was given a number too, and an iron dogtag in which that number was stamped." (Vonnegut 116).

The dogtag represents that the soldiers in the war are no longer seen as people and are now only known by a number. They are treated like animals as they live in a slaughterhouse and the dogtag completely dehumanizes the soldiers. They have no power and are the government's pets to use and abuse however they wish.

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"When Billy Pilgrim's name was inscribed in the ledger of the prison camp, he was given a number, too, and an iron dogtag in which that number was stamped. A slave laborer from Poland had done the stamping. He was dead now. So it goes" (91).

The dogtag and number given to Billy at the prison camp represent how he felt owned and controlled by others. He can't make his own decisions and is lost in what to do. It shows how he was dehumanized when in the prison camp.

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"He showered after his exercises and trimmed his toenails. He shaved, and sprayed deodorant under his arms, while a zoo guide on a raised platform outside explained what Billy was doing - and why." (113)

This quote is a symbol of war lifestyle, where Billy is put into this habitat to show the Tralfamadorians what war was like. This dome he is in also symbolizes the war space bubble he went through. The exercises Billy performs are army styled, meaning he still has the mindset of a soldier in this small habitat.

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Candles and Soap - "Only the candles and the soap were of German origin. They had a ghostly, opalescent similarity. The British had no way of knowing it, but the candles and the soap were made from the fat of rendered Jews and Gypsies and fairies and communists, and other enemies of the State" (Vonnegut 116). The candles and soap represent the hatred of Jews and Gypsies by the Germans as they were determined to cleanse their society to all Germans.

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"'We blow it up, experimenting with new fuels for our flying saucers. A Tralfamadorian test pilot presses a starter button, and the whole Universe disappears.' So it goes." 55 Vonnegut

The symbol of the Tralfamadorian spaceship that ends the universe serves as a main plot point for Billy as it completely shapes his views on free will (so it goes). It leads Billy to begin preaching this new found understanding to Earth which will foreseeably have terrible consequences. An example of this is when the German soldier hits the American citizen down and when the American asked, "Why me" he responded with, "Why you why anybody" essentially saying that nothing matters.

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Dog Tag - "When Billy Pilgrim's name was inscribed in the ledger of the prison camp, he was given a number, too, and an iron dogtag in which that number was stamped" (Vonnegut 91). The dog tag symbolize that the Germans thought of the American prisoners as dehumanized and their lives are meager. They are viewed as animals by the Germans.

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"When Billy Pilgrim's name was inscribed in the ledger of the prison camp, he was given a number, too, and an iron dogtag in which that number was stamped. A slave laborer from Poland had done the stamping. He was dead now. So it goes" (91)

The symbol of "So it goes" has been seen all throughout the book and it is used to symbolize acceptance of the fact that the Tralfamadorians and Billy believe that they have no control over life. "So it goes" shows how they have accepted the events in their life and it resembles how Billy has accepted to go with the stream of the river instead of trying to fight the fate he was destined for.

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Pocket Watch - "And then something ghostly floated in air to his left. It had numbers on it. His father had taken out his pocket watch. The watch had a radium dial" (Vonnegut 90). The pocket watch is an example of how Pilgrim correlates to his traumatic recollection of his father because he feels that he is constantly traveling in time.

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"Only the candles and the soap were of German origin. They had a ghostly, opalescent similarity. The British had no way of knowing it, but the candles and the soap were made from the fat of rendered Jews and Gypsies and fairies and communists, and other enemies of the State" (Vonnegut 96).

The blissful nature of the British in this quote represents how the British are still optimistic about war and their current situations. Even though they are in a POW camp, they try to maintain their best selves and work to the best of their ability (staying in shape and helping one another). However, they are completely unware of the true horrors of war and how the commodities they are using (such as candles) are actually a result of the deaths of innocent people.

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"'how- how does the universe end?' said Billy. 'we blow it up, experimenting with new fuels for our flying saucers. A tralfamadorian test pilot presses a starter button, and the whole universe disappears.' so it goes" (117).
Billy feels unstuck in time and he goes back and forth through different parts of his life. However, he still cares about the end result of earth and asks if there is any way to prevent the demise of mankind. Once he is assured that it is a point in time that has to remain, Billy has the thought of 'so it goes' again. This thought process is a clear depiction of how when something/someone dies, instead of being devastated he accepts it as a thing that has happened and he cannot change. This relates back to Billy's PTSD and how he avoids confrontation with things that scare him or emotionally hurt him in any way.

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Valley of the Dolls - "They had only one actual book in English, which would be placed in a Tralfamadorian museum" (Vonnegut 87). This is an example of how the aliens could potentially view the humans on earth, as we can seem "dumb" or with no brains, like dolls.  "They had only one actual book in English, which would be placed in a Tralfamadorian museum" (Vonnegut 87). This is an example of how the aliens could potentially view the humans on earth, as we can seem "dumb" or with no brains, like dolls.

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"Billy hated the canyon.  He was sure that he would fall in.  His mother touched him, and he wet his pants." (113)

This quote describes Billy's fear towards things that wont hurt him. Although being afraid of the canyon is understandable, his fear when his mother touched him is representative of how he closes up in bad situations.

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"Billy hated the canyon. He was sure that he was going to fall in. His mother touched him, and he wet his pants" (89).

This quote is a symbol for Billy being a coward, who is afraid of divide. The canyon can be seen as a symbol of war or separation, as it is a drastic gap between two different sides of a land mass. It can be seen as a brief showing of Billy's thoughts on war as he is terrified of the thought of it, but we can also see Billy as a canyon of sorts as he is a man who has been split.

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"He was twelve years old, quaking as he stood with his mother and father on Bright Angel Point, at the rim of the Grand Canyon." (Vonnegut 89)
The symbolism of a young Billy Pilgrim standing at the Grand Canyon could reflect his view of him being captured by the Tralfamadorians. He feels out of place with them and is scared and confused. He sees himself as small while the Tralfamadorians are big powerful creatures. Even though his mother and father are with him he is still scared, further showing how powerless Billy feels in his situation.

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"There isn't a particular relationship between all the messages, except that the author has chosen them carefully, so that, when seen all at once, they produce an image of life that is beautiful and surprising and deep." (88)

This quote symbolizes two things.
First, it shows how the Tralfamadorians' books write about many events that might not relate together to put together a complex scene. This symbolises Billy's new way of viewing reality. He doesn't stay in one spot or dwell on the bad things, he sees them all as part of one beautiful story that has its ups and downs.

Second, it symbolises the book Slaughterhouse Five itself. This book has many events through that do not have a particular relationship but the author has chosen them so that when all read together they make up a novel that is different, in depth, and surprising.

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"Night came to the garden of giraffes. (99) In this section, Billy describes himself having visions of giraffes while he was under the influence of morphine. He explains how these giraffes were very accepting of him. This vision symbolizes Billy's need to be accepted into a community and his want to feel like he belongs in society. Throughout this chapter, Billy feels as if he is disconnected form the rest of the world because no one believes him about his visions of the Tralfamadorians.

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"It was in this setting that the evening's entertainment would take place, a musical version of Cinderella, the most popular story ever told" (Vonnegut 96).

Cinderella is a beacon of change, she was able to escape her once meek life and become something better. All of the men, especially Billy, feel stuck in their lives, they cannot change the horror that has become their lives. Each man feels powerless, unlike Cinderella, who was able to take control over her life. This lack of control contributes to the Tralfamadorian's notion that there is no such thing as free will, it is all an illusion on earth.

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"Billy was told to hang the tag around his neck along with his American dogtags, which he did. The tag was like a sat cracker, perforated down its middle so that a strong man could snap it in two with his bare hands" (Vonnegut 92).

In this quote, the delicate dogtags (being compared to a cracker) symbolize how delicate Billy's own existence is. Even though he is living through the war, his life can be ended with the blink of an eye and snapped right in half just like the dogtag. Billy also realizes that in the human's shallow view of the world, people will believe that the dogtags are all that is left of Billy after his death.

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"His new overcoat was thought out and limp now.. It was much to small for Billy... It was full of bullet holes" (page 90).

This quote is describing the coat. The coat in Billy's eyes seems to be just in bad condition. But to everyone else, especially the Germans, they find him a joke. The coat has bullet holes and this can symbolize how the coat represents that Billy is not made for war. Just as the coat is limp and worn down, Billy is also limp and worn down from the war and the coat only brings out this meaning more.

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"Billy Pilgrim dressed himself. He put on the little overcoat, too. It split up the back, and, at the shoulders, the sleeves came entirely free. So the coast became a fur-collared vest. It was meant to flare at its owner's waist, but the flaring took place at Billy's armpits. The Germans found him to be one of the most screamingly funny things they had seen in all of World War Two" (Vonnegut 90).

The coat symbolizes how he is not prepared to go into war and how his life is "messy." He isn't fit for the war, and it shows how he doesn't know what he is doing.

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"Billy Pilgrim says that the Universe does not look like a lot of bright little dots to the creatures from Tralfamadore. The creatures can see where each star has been and where it is going," (87) The quote reveals the symbol of the stars and how the Tralfamadorians tell Billy that each star has its own message, and these messages produce its own deep and beautiful image when we all see the stars at once.

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"Billy hated the canyon. He was sure that he was going to fall in" (Vonnegut 113)

Here, the canyon symbolizes how Billy Pilgrim's life is inevitable and there is nothing he can do to change the events of his life. Canyons are very deep and sometimes always seem bottomless. When one begins to fall, they do not stop until they hit the ground. This reflects Billy's life because he is always in that constant state of falling and in fear of when it will all end. Billy keeps jumping from moment to moment and he is forced to watch his life replay over and over again without having the ability to change anything.

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"Billy hated the canyon. He was sure that he was going to fall in. His mother touched him, and he wet his pants. " (Vonnegut 113).

The symbol of the Grand Canyon represents that even from a young age, Billy never felt safe. He was thrown into environments which put his life on the line similar to when he was forced to fight in the war. Though he might have survived many of these situations, the trauma continues to pile onto him, causing him to get farther and farther from reality. He cannot escape his fears and will always remain a fearful child as he travels through time.

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"They see them as great millipedes- "with babies' legs at one end and old people's legs at the other," says Billy Pilgrim" (Vonnegut 87)
Billy shows how the Tralfamadorians view humans as sort of bug like creatures. This view of them could show the insignificance of humans compared to Tralfamadorians when comparing their different views of time. As humans are stuck with a definite past, present, and future while the Tralfamadorians are "unstuck" in time. The legs going from babies legs to old peoples legs shows how humans age and travel through time in a linear path.

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"It was Valley of the Dolls, by Jacqueline Susann. Billy read it, thought it was pretty good in spots. The people in it certainly had their ups and downs, ups and downs. But Billy didn't want to read about the same ups and downs over and over again" (87).

The Valley of the Dolls symbolizes how Billy feels that his life is full of ups and downs. It demonstrates that it is too heavy for him to read something like that. Billy does not want to read and be reminded of everything that has happened to him.

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"Night came to the garden of the giraffes" (99)
Billy discusses how when he was under morphine he had visions of giraffes and how he was excepted by them. I believe that this is a symbol of how he just wanted to fit in with his society and be accepted with the community. Currently he feels ostracized from those around him because of how they don't believe him when he talks about the Tralfamadorians.

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"And Tralfamadorians don't see human beings as two-legged creatures either. They see them as great millipedes, "with babies' legs at one end and old people's legs at the other," says Billy Pilgrim." (87)

This quote is a symbol for how the Tralfamadorians see time. They see every moment of it at once showing that everyone is both dead and alive at the same time for the Tralfamadorians. Billy adopts this way of thinking to ease the pain he feels from witnessing so much death in the war. He starts to believe that each person is still alive, reliving every moment of their lives, for all of time. Dying and living again and again.