The Tralfamadorian

Callejas 1

Emely Callejas

Ms. Campbell

American Literature

27 May 2016

The Universe

People are wonder about the deep thoughts of the universe. The Tralfamadorians have concepts of life, death, time, gender and freewill in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five.

To begin, Vonnegut’s depiction of like, death and time doesn't scare the Tralfamadorians as oppose to humans. On Tralfamadore, a life once lived overrides death. “The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person does tb he only appears to die. He is still veryomuch alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moments, past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist” (Vonnegut33-34). Death is not a tragic event according to the Tralfamadorians. A life lost is still a life living through the past. Time is useless to Tralfamadorians. “‘I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains. All time is all time. It doesn't not change. It does not lent itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber’”(Vonnegut 109). The Tralfamadorians just take life by the handles and enjoy the ride. The concept of being stuck in amber like bugs is you don't know if you're going to get out faster then others or what side you'll