Character Growth

Billy Pilgrim changed a lot throughout his life. When he was younger he was very confused and didn't know what he was supposed to do with his life. When he was in the war he was physically there, but he was always wanting to find an escape from it. Billy also married Valencia and it wasn't that he didn't like Valencia , he just was never really happy when he was with her. Then one night Billy's life changed forever. This was the night that he was kidnapped by aliens and put on display in a zoo in Tralfamadore. It was here that Billy learned the most about life. Billy learned that people will have always lived and that they will always be in the moments that happened to them throughout their life. Billy also gets unstuck in time and this makes it so he is able to jump to any part of his life. By the end of the book Billy has learned to accept what happens to him. He knows how he is going to die, and all the other events that will take place in his life. This enables Billy to focus on all the good things that he has in his life. Billy teaches the reader that people should accept their lives the way they are and that people will always be memories.