Kurt Vonnegut built a universe for Billy Pilgrim in Slaughterhouse-Five where Billy's cruel and merciless reality is contrasted by a philosophical utopia where he has learned to operate without the pain to be. human. In this "telegraphic" and "schizophrenic" novel, Vonnegut manages to transport the reader to the other side of the galaxy, to a planet inhabited by a diver-like race called the Tralfamadorians, to the harrowing depths of a prisoner of war camp, and to show you a man who becomes more and more undone after living with the psychological terrors of the Dresden attack. He accomplishes all of this while leaving the reader with only a mild case of jet lag and, hopefully, a new perspective on the American. They explain to him as simply as possible: “All time is all time. That doesn't change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment and you will discover that we are all, as I have said before, insects in amber” (108). Their view of time does not lend itself to free will, like any deterministic earthly institution. Tralfamadorianism is directly related to and used to criticize Christianity in Slaughterhouse-Five. In Vonnegut's Dresden novel: Slaughterhouse-Five, Stanley Schatt reaffirms this idea between free will and determinism: "Since Vonnegut's novels are generally constructed around two diametrically opposed points of view, it is not surprising that Slaughterhouse- Five is built around the irreconcilable conflict between free will and determinism. will and determinism” (Schatt). Billy benefits greatly from this new cosmic vision. He believes in Tralfamadore's teachings so much that he even becomes a Jesus-like figure later in life, only to be publicly executed, just like his Christian doppelganger. In his article, David L. Vanderwerken discusses the deterministic qualities of Tralfamadorianism, his argument against determinism, and its possible appeal: "In short, Tralfamadorianism is an argument for the novel's fractured structure that allows Vonnegut to contrast different concepts and images, often tying them together with symbolism or patterns. For example, when Billy is thrown into the bush after being captured by the Germans, he travels in his car to a Lions Club meeting in 1967. Billy notices that the burned-out Illium ghetto resembles the aftermath of Dresden. At the Lions Club, there was a speaker who favored "...bombing North Vietnam into the Stone Age" (76). These two moments in Billy's journey through time are linked by the theme of war. Vonnegut uses the peculiar structure of his novel to take many seemingly unconnected events like these and make meaning from them. In Slaughterhouse-Five: Time Out of Joint, a similar connection is made: "The boiling water from the delousing station causes a flashback of Billy being bathed by his mother, but his gurgling and cooing is then interrupted by a Flash-forward to Billy. playing golf and Billy is told that he is "trapped in another blob of amber" and has no free will. In both incidents, Billy accepts the allure of childhood but is propelled back into adult life. » (Page