Slaughterhouse 5

I thought that this novel wasn't necessarily one of my favorites,but I did find it to be interesting and made me think. To me the most interesting part of this novel was the phrase "so its goes". The phrase is referring to the Tralfamadorian's idea that although a person may be dead in a particular moment, he or she is alive in all the other moments of his or her life. This phrase was repeated throughout the entire story. However, I found a lot of other parts of this novel that had to do with the Tralfamadorians to be very interesting. For example, the Tralfamadorians believe that all moments repeat themselves and that all moments of time have already happened. Because of this they have the idea that their fate is already decided and so therefore, they accept it and don't believe that they have any power or chance to change their fate. They also believe that here on earth people think of time as a linear progression, which to them is a mistake and not the right way to look at things. I found the ideas of the Tralfamadorians to be very interesting and unique and especially made me think about their idea that our fate is already chosen for us.