Billy sees his own death as not too important. Since he is expecting his death and knows its going to happen he doesn’t worry too much about. This shows his view on death to the fullest because it shows that he doesn’t view death as something terrible. “It is time for you to go home to your wives and children, and it is time for me to be dead for a little while—and then live again”(Pg. 142). Since he knows that he is going to be dead soon he doesn’t really fret over anything. Also, when Billy closes his speech with “Farewell, hello, farewell, hello”(Pg. 142) he is saying that he will be dying soon but he will be back. He is accepting his death so easily because of the fact that he knows he will be coming back soon.
Bill Pilgrim sees death in a way that it has always been there, there was never a time he was not dead in 1976 after being shot and he was always alive before that…and always will be. He views death just as another part of life something you go through and then move on from as the book says “So billy experiences death for a little while…then springs back to life again” in his mind or his world it is not permanent it is just a moment in time nothing more nothing less. nothing to be feared but something to be respected another piece of the puzzle of life to be put together. This attitude is shown when he says “If you protest, if you think that death is a terrible thing, then you have not understood a word i have said”. making us understand that he does not view death as a bad thing, like all the people listening to him think of it. Billy sees death as a moment in time that he travels through time. "Billy Pilgrim will die, have died. and always will die on February 13, 1976” so it goes.
This passage helps to understand billys perspective on death because he states how life simply goes on and how death is just a way of life. Billy doesn't take death seriously because he simply will be capable of living again and relieving certain moments throughout his life due to time traveling. “Billy predicts his own death within an hour. He laughs about it, invites the crowd to laugh with him” (142). The aliens have put a certain perspective of life and death through Billy’s head and hes trying to get his point across to others. Everyone dies but the way you interpret death is what really matters. Even though the person may appear dead, they are still alive in the memories you’ve had with them and their moments throughout life before death. “If you protest, if you think that death is a terrible thing, then you have not understood a word I’ve said” (142). “Farewell, hello, farewell, hello” (142). Billy says farewell because he is going to be dead in that specific moment in time, but he is capable of traveling back into time to be alive again and says hello to the people that he once said farewell to. “No, no, says Billy serenely. It is time for you to go home to your wives and children, and it is time for me to be dead for a little while- and then live again” (143). Billy says that it is his time to be dead for a little and then he’ll be able to live again, meaning he will just go pack in time again to certain moments throughout his life and when he’s ready, revisit death to then only start the cycle over again. No one is capable of preventing their death, it is a way of life that everyone has to experience. Billy just has a more unique way of coping with it.
Billy Pilgrim is very comfortable with death. Some people are afraid of dying and the idea of death, while Billy has accepted it, happens to everyone and there is nothing to be afraid of. “If you protest, if you think that death is a terrible thing, then you have not understood a word I’ve said”(142). People see death as a horrific terrible thing meanwhile Billy describes his death very differently, “It is simply violet and a hum”(143). When he was in war, Billy experienced his life flash before his eyes on many occasions. One of the reasons he accepted death was because of all the near death experiences he has been through. With Billy being able to time travel he knew it was a part of his life and it was supposed to happen that way. He is all knowing of everything that happens in his life because of his ability to time travel. When there is nothing you can do to affect the situation, he is teaching us that you need to move on and accept it. On his way off the stage the police were escorting him and they offered to stay right by his side to protect him. Billy does not agree with them at all and tells them they need to accept the way of life and just move on, “No, no…. It is time for you to go home to your wives and children, and it is time for me to be dead for a little while- and then live again”(143).
Billy has this attitude of understand that he knows for sure of his death is a certainity. And he has no fear about it. He knows that his daeth is unavoidable, and he says: "If you protest, if you think that death is a terrible thing, then you have not understood a word I've said." This reveals his attitude of death is nothing more than a fact, which means that for him, death is not a thing that should of be afraid of. But he also believes that death is nothing less. He didn't announce anything of defeating the death or challenge it. He doesn't even want to run away from it. He sees death as another daily event, just like waking up from the bed. In the end of the speech, he says: "Farewell, hello, farewell, hello." By this, Billy is both say goodbye to his past and say hello to his future. It's just like we say goodbye to yesterday and say good morning to tomorrow. So, does Billy really put any more thoughts or considers in the upcoming death? Not from what he has shown. He shows that he treats death like a daily event, it is a moderate, even negligent attitude for him to carry on. Futhermore, what can a man do anything if he already knew the finale of his life? Human need the motivation of explorating the uncertainity of life to keep themselves developing and marching. Billy, on a special case, doesn't have such motivation at all. He knows everything of his life too well that he can't even stop experiencing all of them repeatedly. Hence, his attitude of moderate and negligent becomes self-explainatory.So Billy's view of death is that he views it as a fact, an unavoidable, acceptable upcoming event that no one shall be afraid nor try to avoid.
This passage allows us to see death from Billy’s point of view, for it shows how he embraces death, for he sees it as inevitable; like how someones time comes to pass, as the saying “so it goes”. The passage being with Billy playing the tape, “I, Billy Pilgrim, the tape begins, will die, have died, and will always die on February 13th, 1976” (141). This is significant, for it shows that Billy took in what the transmalfadorians told him about death, that the structure of the moment makes it inevitable, and that you have to let it pass, even if it is the end of the world. Even though Billy knows he is going to be killed, and who he is going to be killed by, he chooses not to try and change fate, but rather embraces it, for he knows it is inevitable and it is the next step in his process of life, “it is time for me to be dead for a while - and then live again” (143). Billy ends his speech with the words: “Farewell, hello, farewell, hello” (142), as if to symbolize his passing. Although Billy is gone in this moment in time, he will return to life again in another moment which his why he says farewell to the world for now, but he will return in another moment which is why he says hello. After Billy is assassinated, he describes death as “simply violet light and a hum. There isn’t anybody else there. Not even Billy Pilgrim is there” (143). This is significant, for it shows that Billy thinks death is a process that everyone has to experience in order to progress to the next step of life. Everybody sees death differently which is why there is nobody there. Not even Billy is there because he is dead.
As a time traveller who is always able to swing back into life again, Billy Pilgrim becomes indifferent to death since he knows that it is his fate to die on that day, and more importantly, he never worries about his death because he also knows that it is his fate to go back again and again. Ordinary people are capable of feeling the weight and value of life since they only have one chance. If that opportunity were gone, they would never be able to go back again; if death came and captured them, they would lose any kind of opportunity forever. However, unlike the majority, Billy is the rule breaker. He “will die, have died and will always die on February thirteenth, 1976”(141). He, as a mortal, gets more than enough chances to correct his mistake and experience his life. It is not a reward. It’s a painful punishment that makes every second of his life become meaningless. He is living and dead at the same time, and his life is not more than following a scenario. He admits that “It is time for you to go home to your wives and children, and it is time for me to be dead for a while - and then live again”(142). Death for him is just one regular thing to do in his schedule. There is no fear since he knows that he will always have a chance to get back. Death is not the thing he is afraid anymore, and life becomes meaningless after experiencing death for so many times. He is numb and indifferent about death.
He views death in a different way that humans view death. He is really optimistic towards his death. He laughs although he knows his death is within an hour, and he even tells other to laugh with him. When there are police that tries and protect him for the day, he says"It is time for you to go home to your wives and children, and it is time for me to be dead for a little while—and then live again". This quote shows that even though he can have protection by the police officers, he told them to go back home. He gives up his chance to survive because he knows that time of life has arrived. Like Billy says before he might be able to travel through time, but he knows he can't change anything, including the past, present and the future. Maybe that's the reason why he doesn't even bother to try and survive. And he is optimistic because at least he isnt like others that just tries to avoid and cry at home. He is brave to face his death that is coming within an hour. And that is why he is optimistic.
Billy Pilgrim’s ability to revisit his death or any other moments in the course of his lifetime has granted him with an optimistic outlook on death. He does not at all view death as a terrible thing. In fact, “Billy…laughs about it, invites the crowd to laugh with him” (142). Billy can laugh. Billy can laugh harder and louder every time he revisits this moment. Billy has always and will always laugh because having seen his death take place plentiful times, death is no longer a matter that is worth worrying about or dwelling upon for it is no more terrible than any other moments on Earth. It is just another rough patch along the cyclical journey of life, and life, as Billy knows it, is full of all kinds of rough patches. This, however, does not bother Billy for he has come to learn that life flourishes with great moments that overtake the bad ones. He accepts his death as something that should not be prevented. “It is time for you to go home to your wives and children, and it is time for me to be dead for a little while- and then live again (142-143). Billy’s death is not a terrible thing and it is just the way his life is structured. Just as written in Ecclesiastes 3:1, there is a time and place for everything. Death is the just the time for Billy to step back from the hectic world before jumping in again. The same way Billy ends all his speech, “farewell, hello, farewell, hello” (142) shows Billy’s understanding that death is just a moment that comes and go, no more signification or less important than any other moments in life.
Billy sees his own death as not too important. Since he is expecting his death and knows its going to happen he doesn’t worry too much about. This shows his view on death to the fullest because it shows that he doesn’t view death as something terrible. “It is time for you to go home to your wives and children, and it is time for me to be dead for a little while—and then live again”(Pg. 142). Since he knows that he is going to be dead soon he doesn’t really fret over anything. Also, when Billy closes his speech with “Farewell, hello, farewell, hello”(Pg. 142) he is saying that he will be dying soon but he will be back. He is accepting his death so easily because of the fact that he knows he will be coming back soon.
ReplyDeleteBill Pilgrim sees death in a way that it has always been there, there was never a time he was not dead in 1976 after being shot and he was always alive before that…and always will be. He views death just as another part of life something you go through and then move on from as the book says “So billy experiences death for a little while…then springs back to life again” in his mind or his world it is not permanent it is just a moment in time nothing more nothing less. nothing to be feared but something to be respected another piece of the puzzle of life to be put together. This attitude is shown when he says “If you protest, if you think that death is a terrible thing, then you have not understood a word i have said”. making us understand that he does not view death as a bad thing, like all the people listening to him think of it. Billy sees death as a moment in time that he travels through time. "Billy Pilgrim will die, have died. and always will die on February 13, 1976” so it goes.
ReplyDeleteThis passage helps to understand billys perspective on death because he states how life simply goes on and how death is just a way of life. Billy doesn't take death seriously because he simply will be capable of living again and relieving certain moments throughout his life due to time traveling. “Billy predicts his own death within an hour. He laughs about it, invites the crowd to laugh with him” (142). The aliens have put a certain perspective of life and death through Billy’s head and hes trying to get his point across to others. Everyone dies but the way you interpret death is what really matters. Even though the person may appear dead, they are still alive in the memories you’ve had with them and their moments throughout life before death. “If you protest, if you think that death is a terrible thing, then you have not understood a word I’ve said” (142). “Farewell, hello, farewell, hello” (142). Billy says farewell because he is going to be dead in that specific moment in time, but he is capable of traveling back into time to be alive again and says hello to the people that he once said farewell to. “No, no, says Billy serenely. It is time for you to go home to your wives and children, and it is time for me to be dead for a little while- and then live again” (143). Billy says that it is his time to be dead for a little and then he’ll be able to live again, meaning he will just go pack in time again to certain moments throughout his life and when he’s ready, revisit death to then only start the cycle over again. No one is capable of preventing their death, it is a way of life that everyone has to experience. Billy just has a more unique way of coping with it.
ReplyDeleteBilly Pilgrim is very comfortable with death. Some people are afraid of dying and the idea of death, while Billy has accepted it, happens to everyone and there is nothing to be afraid of. “If you protest, if you think that death is a terrible thing, then you have not understood a word I’ve said”(142). People see death as a horrific terrible thing meanwhile Billy describes his death very differently, “It is simply violet and a hum”(143). When he was in war, Billy experienced his life flash before his eyes on many occasions. One of the reasons he accepted death was because of all the near death experiences he has been through. With Billy being able to time travel he knew it was a part of his life and it was supposed to happen that way. He is all knowing of everything that happens in his life because of his ability to time travel. When there is nothing you can do to affect the situation, he is teaching us that you need to move on and accept it. On his way off the stage the police were escorting him and they offered to stay right by his side to protect him. Billy does not agree with them at all and tells them they need to accept the way of life and just move on, “No, no…. It is time for you to go home to your wives and children, and it is time for me to be dead for a little while- and then live again”(143).
ReplyDeleteBilly has this attitude of understand that he knows for sure of his death is a certainity. And he has no fear about it. He knows that his daeth is unavoidable, and he says: "If you protest, if you think that death is a terrible thing, then you have not understood a word I've said." This reveals his attitude of death is nothing more than a fact, which means that for him, death is not a thing that should of be afraid of. But he also believes that death is nothing less. He didn't announce anything of defeating the death or challenge it. He doesn't even want to run away from it. He sees death as another daily event, just like waking up from the bed. In the end of the speech, he says: "Farewell, hello, farewell, hello." By this, Billy is both say goodbye to his past and say hello to his future. It's just like we say goodbye to yesterday and say good morning to tomorrow. So, does Billy really put any more thoughts or considers in the upcoming death? Not from what he has shown. He shows that he treats death like a daily event, it is a moderate, even negligent attitude for him to carry on. Futhermore, what can a man do anything if he already knew the finale of his life? Human need the motivation of explorating the uncertainity of life to keep themselves developing and marching. Billy, on a special case, doesn't have such motivation at all. He knows everything of his life too well that he can't even stop experiencing all of them repeatedly. Hence, his attitude of moderate and negligent becomes self-explainatory.So Billy's view of death is that he views it as a fact, an unavoidable, acceptable upcoming event that no one shall be afraid nor try to avoid.
ReplyDeleteThis passage allows us to see death from Billy’s point of view, for it shows how he embraces death, for he sees it as inevitable; like how someones time comes to pass, as the saying “so it goes”. The passage being with Billy playing the tape, “I, Billy Pilgrim, the tape begins, will die, have died, and will always die on February 13th, 1976” (141). This is significant, for it shows that Billy took in what the transmalfadorians told him about death, that the structure of the moment makes it inevitable, and that you have to let it pass, even if it is the end of the world. Even though Billy knows he is going to be killed, and who he is going to be killed by, he chooses not to try and change fate, but rather embraces it, for he knows it is inevitable and it is the next step in his process of life, “it is time for me to be dead for a while - and then live again” (143). Billy ends his speech with the words: “Farewell, hello, farewell, hello” (142), as if to symbolize his passing. Although Billy is gone in this moment in time, he will return to life again in another moment which his why he says farewell to the world for now, but he will return in another moment which is why he says hello. After Billy is assassinated, he describes death as “simply violet light and a hum. There isn’t anybody else there. Not even Billy Pilgrim is there” (143). This is significant, for it shows that Billy thinks death is a process that everyone has to experience in order to progress to the next step of life. Everybody sees death differently which is why there is nobody there. Not even Billy is there because he is dead.
ReplyDeleteAs a time traveller who is always able to swing back into life again, Billy Pilgrim becomes indifferent to death since he knows that it is his fate to die on that day, and more importantly, he never worries about his death because he also knows that it is his fate to go back again and again. Ordinary people are capable of feeling the weight and value of life since they only have one chance. If that opportunity were gone, they would never be able to go back again; if death came and captured them, they would lose any kind of opportunity forever. However, unlike the majority, Billy is the rule breaker. He “will die, have died and will always die on February thirteenth, 1976”(141). He, as a mortal, gets more than enough chances to correct his mistake and experience his life. It is not a reward. It’s a painful punishment that makes every second of his life become meaningless. He is living and dead at the same time, and his life is not more than following a scenario. He admits that “It is time for you to go home to your wives and children, and it is time for me to be dead for a while - and then live again”(142). Death for him is just one regular thing to do in his schedule. There is no fear since he knows that he will always have a chance to get back. Death is not the thing he is afraid anymore, and life becomes meaningless after experiencing death for so many times. He is numb and indifferent about death.
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ReplyDeleteHe views death in a different way that humans view death. He is really optimistic towards his death. He laughs although he knows his death is within an hour, and he even tells other to laugh with him. When there are police that tries and protect him for the day, he says"It is time for you to go home to your wives and children, and it is time for me to be dead for a little while—and then live again". This quote shows that even though he can have protection by the police officers, he told them to go back home. He gives up his chance to survive because he knows that time of life has arrived. Like Billy says before he might be able to travel through time, but he knows he can't change anything, including the past, present and the future. Maybe that's the reason why he doesn't even bother to try and survive. And he is optimistic because at least he isnt like others that just tries to avoid and cry at home. He is brave to face his death that is coming within an hour. And that is why he is optimistic.
Billy Pilgrim’s ability to revisit his death or any other moments in the course of his lifetime has granted him with an optimistic outlook on death. He does not at all view death as a terrible thing. In fact, “Billy…laughs about it, invites the crowd to laugh with him” (142). Billy can laugh. Billy can laugh harder and louder every time he revisits this moment. Billy has always and will always laugh because having seen his death take place plentiful times, death is no longer a matter that is worth worrying about or dwelling upon for it is no more terrible than any other moments on Earth. It is just another rough patch along the cyclical journey of life, and life, as Billy knows it, is full of all kinds of rough patches. This, however, does not bother Billy for he has come to learn that life flourishes with great moments that overtake the bad ones. He accepts his death as something that should not be prevented. “It is time for you to go home to your wives and children, and it is time for me to be dead for a little while- and then live again (142-143). Billy’s death is not a terrible thing and it is just the way his life is structured. Just as written in Ecclesiastes 3:1, there is a time and place for everything. Death is the just the time for Billy to step back from the hectic world before jumping in again. The same way Billy ends all his speech, “farewell, hello, farewell, hello” (142) shows Billy’s understanding that death is just a moment that comes and go, no more signification or less important than any other moments in life.
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