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Billy expected the Tramfamadorians to be baffled and alarmed by all the wars and other forms of murder on Earth. He expected them to fear that the Earthling combination of ferocity and spectacular weaponry might eventually destroy part or maybe all of the innocent Universe. Science fiction had led him to expect that.

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The narration switches from first person to third person. This may suggest that Billy's future cannot be truly determined. "Billy Pilgrim says" is a way to indicate that the tales of his death are subject to human (3D) vision.

This paragraph also gives the impression that Billy is losing his mind because knowing the exact date of your death is crazy.

Now who do we trust, the narrator or Billy Pilgrim?

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Billy learns the Tralfamadorian concept of time and their philosophy of acceptance. Since there is no free will here and everything that's meant to happen will happen, then understandably it's important to accept things the way they are.
The “so it goes” attitude indicates that death is normal and that it has the same significance as any other moment in life.

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Vonnegut is fulfilling his promise of writing an anti war novel.

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Billy Pilgrim says now that this really is the way he is going to die, too. As a time-traveler, he has seen his own death many times, has described it to a tape recorder. The tape is locked up with his will and some other valuables in his safe-deposit box at the Ilium Merchants National Bank and Trust, he says.

I Billy Pilgrim, the tape begins, will die, have died, and always will die on February thirteenth, 1976.

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On Tralfamador Billy is considered "stupid" because he can't simply ignore war and only look at the pleasant moments in life.

The toll of war is apparent. Billy expresses his fear that mankind is doomed (not only mankind). He believes that earthlings will go too far for their human desires. They will not only destroy themselves but also the entire universe.

By incorporating this exchange between Billy and the Tralfamadorians in his novel, Vonnegut sends a clear message: war destroys everything.

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Vonnegut cautions about the consequences of escapism through the time travel. Billy shows he is unable to live fully in the present and unable to control his movements through time.

Although he is escaping reality by time traveling, Billy cannot fully escape the past. With utmost contempt, he reflects on the horrors of war and the destructive traits of mankind that haunt him.

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“Would--would you mind telling me--” he said to the guide, much deflated, “what was so stupid about that?”

“We know how the Universe ends--” said the guide, “and Earth has nothing to do with it, except that it gets wiped out, too.”

“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.

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But the subject of war never came up until Billy brought it up himself. Somebody in the zoo crowd asked him through the lecturer what the most valuable thing he had learned on Tralfamadore was so far, and Billy replied, “How the inhabitants of a whole planet can live in peace!

Earthlings must be the terrors of the Universe! If other planets aren’t now in danger from Earth, they soon will be. So tell me the secret so I can take it back to Earth and save us all: How can a planet live in peace?
Billy felt that he had spoken soaringly. He was baffled when he saw the Tralfamadorians close their little hands on their eyes. He knew from past experience what this meant: He was being stupid.