Slaughterhouse-Five: Chapter 6

For me the most memorable part of this chapter was when the narrator mentions himself in one of the scenes. He writes down what he says and even states a little fact about himself pg 148. This makes me wonder who the narrator is and what connection does he have to Billy Pilgrim since he seems to know him so intimately that he can tell what he's thinking. I don't understand how the narrator can actually be there with Billy during the war because it seems to me that the narrator travels through time with Billy. How does he do it? This new development in the story makes me want to continue reading so that I can discover who the narrator is and what is his relationship with Billy.

One thing that I found saddening was how from the beginning of the story we are told that the city of Dresden is going to be bombed but in this chapter the city symbolizes hope. Everyone is so excited to leave captivity and supposedly the city is very beautiful, but I wonder why, if the city was so harmless, it was bombed. Also I would like to find out if Billy knew that Dresden would be bombed while he was there and that is why he survived. I don't like the fact that after billy's huge ordeal his hope is crushed yet again.

Also in this chapter we read who is going to kill Billy and he predicts it fearlessly and we experience his death. I don't think I could give speeches about how my life is going to end with a steady voice like Billy but i think his calmness is thanks to what he learned on Tralfamadore and his time travel. He knows that he's not really dead because he'll wake up in another part of his life or will still be alive in the fourth dimensions. For me, that isn't enough, life is too precious and I would do everything I could to preserve it.

Lastly we discover the address, Slaughterhouse-Five, which is where the americans are staying in dresden and is also the title of the book. My guess as to why this was used as the title is because maybe when the bomb goes off all the Americans are trapped so that the place becomes a slaughterhouse for the Americans. I don't see what is so important about where they are staying to make it the title of the book but hopefully I will find out in the next few chapters.