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Billy Pilgrim

By 24torresiiih

  • Billy pilgrim is born

  • Billy is drafted into the army

    Billy is drafted into WW2, which is the birthplace of his deep trauma and cause for ptsd.

  • BIlly's father dies

    Billy Pilgrim's father gets shot while hunting. At the time Billy was under the apprenticeship of a chaplain.

  • Billy becomes unstuck in time

    Billy at some point during the war becomes unstuck in time and is transported to his wedding day in 1955. "This was when Billy first came unstuck in time. His attention began to swing grandly through the full arc of his life, passing into death, which was violet light." - Vonnegut

  • Billy is sent to Dresden

    Billy is sent to dresden on a train where he sees the atrociaties of war and "Billy saw the boiled bodies in
    Dresden. 'And I have lit my way in a prison at night with candles from the fat of human beings who were butchered by the brothers and fathers of those school girls who were boiled"

  • The bombing of Dresden

    The allies went on a viscious assault on the Germans by fire-bombing all of dresden. Billy is in the bombing and so is Edgar Derby.

  • Billy fighting in Germany

    Billy finds himself in the American campaign across europe and is sent to the front lines to fight in the Batlle of Bulge, which caused him to become a prisoner of war then leading to the witnessing of the destruction of Dresden.

  • Billy is Honorably Discharged

    In July, b8illy is transported out of Germany and honorbly discharged."Billy saw service with the infantry in Europe, and was taken prisoner by the Germans. After his honorable discharge from the Army in 1945, Billy again enrolled in the Ilium School of Optometry."

  • Billy marries Valencia

    After his trip to the mental ward in 1945, where he mentions " Billy covered his head with his blanket again. He always covered his head when his mother came to see him in the mental ward" He finds love with Valencia and marries her, where he travels to from the war.

  • Billy is abducted and brought to the Tralfamadore planet

    On the night of his daughter's wedding, Billy is abducted by the Tralfamadorians and they discuss how horrible the human race is and how dumb they are and what they actually look like. They also talk about the powers Billy has gained.

  • Valencia dies

    After a plane crash where Billy was a victim of in Vermont, his wife Veronica dies due to Carbon Monoxide poisoning after crashing into a mercedes. Man this book is just full of butterfly effect examples. You prolly aint gon read thi.

  • Billy Dies

    Billy is killed by Paul Lazzaro. If you remember, he swore to get revenge at Billy for the death of Roland Weary in the European campaign. Weary blamed Billy for his death right before he died, so a last words type thing. Bi8lly kjnew this was coming from a long time ago. He was shot with a laser rifle while giving a speech in chiccago about the Tralfamadorian's view on time and death.