How Did Billy Pilgrim Embrace The Tralfamadorian

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Billy is human, and he believes what the Tralfamadorians teach. Some may argue that a human, receiving information from super intelligent aliens, may cause insanity, and that no human is meant to live in four dimensions. Billy Pilgrim handles this information well and is not at all insane. Billy lives in four dimensions. Another argument could be that Billy cannot completely understand some of the Tralfamadorian information, such as the existence of seven sexes. He may be different from other humans, but he is able to accept most of the Tralfamadorian information confidently and well. Billy may live the Tralfamadorian ways, but he does feel some human emotions that the Tralfamadorians do not. Billy does embrace the Tralfamadorian ways strongly, but there is a single event in …show more content…

When he is in a green wagon that is filled with loot being pulled by two horses. The condition of the horse makes Billy cry. The horses are dying slowly of thirst and their hooves are battered and cracked. This is the only time Billy cries throughout the entire book. He doesn’t see this event in through his “Tralfamadorian eyes.” He feels sad, wishing he could do something about it, but he cannot, because it was meant to be that way, it always has, and always will. Billy, throughout time, has the mentality to try and educate the public about the ways of Tralfamadore. He writes to the newspapers to tell people that they are viewing the world all long, and how it is in four dimensions instead of three. “If I hadn’t spent so much time studying Earthlings,” said the Tralfamadorian, “I wouldn’t have any idea what was meant by

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