Essay about Billy Pilgrim as a Saint or Nutcase in...

Billy Pilgrim as a Saint or Nutcase in Slaughterhouse Five Billy is a nut, hes just plain bonkers. For started Billy has a history of mental problems he has been institutionalized twice. The first time was when he father died this was while he was in training, before he went off to war. The second time was when he came back from the war. Plus he had the head injury from the plane crash. He only started talking about the Tralfamadorians after the plane. And its odd that every thing about the Tralfamadorians is from those good old Kilgore Trout novels. Now remember Billy first started to read Trouts novels when he committed himself, this was second time he was in the nut house it was after the war. The whole notion of time, the†¦show more content†¦It doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out that he wouldnt have trouble finding a job he was set for life. Billy even knew he was crazy to be asking her. Isnt it odd that Billys Time Traveling only happens in stressful situations and moments? Billy seems to have no control over it. It seems like whenever things take a turn for the wors t Billy time travels to Tralfamador to get away from it all. In Tralfamador all of his needs are taken care of. Tralfamador is a fantasyland for Billys. On Tralfamador Billy has this knockout wife, Montana. Yet Montana on Earth is a porno star, and Billy found out about her while in New York City at a porno bookstore. The whole wife thing just yells insanity! Billy is married to a woman who he finds physical unattractive so of course he would have thoughts of a woman who was beautiful as Montana, its like a guilty pleasure thing. It in deed makes sense for a man being that sexually deprived and unhappy and highly unlucky, to go crazy. You cant really live if your not happy, may be thats why Billy does not resist death, like a normal person would. So heres what I think, Billy is a crazy nutcase! Whenever the real world gets too hard he time travels to Tralfamador, hes little fantasyland where everything is wonderful, and he has his Hollywood wife. Is Billy crazy? Many visionaries, saints and great mind are considered crazy during their lifetime because they were before their time. Such visionaries