Slaughterhouse Five

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut is a masterpiece of a book that examines the life of Billy Pilgram through several different times, including the future where Billy is abducted by aliens and put on public display for their ammusement. The story jumps from World War II, and the fire bombins in Dresden, to the future on Tralfamadore, and Billy's fantasy life that makes his family think that he is going crazy. Slaughterhouse Five examines the importance of time and how many people waste thier lives by becoming comfortable and never experience anything extraordinary. This is why Billy creates Tralfamadore and his life there, which he says he experiences at the same time his life on earth is occuring. He created this life as an escape, as a way of creating an environment that is new an exicting.