Lost?

In this chapter I really felt sorry for Billy. Poor guy... He was definitely in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was definitely not soldier material. As he is described in the chapter as skinny and 6ft tall I can totally picture him. The tough guys such as Weary, bugging him and pushing him around for his own good, reminds me of a person I knew pretty well (i´ll get to that later on). Being in a place where you don't feel comfortable, or you feel that you don't belong is one of the worst feelings ever. Especially if its a live or die situation like in this case. How terrible could the feeling be, that Billy seemed like he didn't even care if he died or if he was left behind? For example, when he says "Go ahead without me". This shows the lack of interest that Billy had towards the war and to his life.

When I said that Billy reminded me of a person that I knew pretty well, I meant my grandfather. He wasn't in the military but he was in the Colombian Navy. Some people chose to go there to fight for the country, but others such as my grandfather had to go there for financial aid. In those times if you enrolled in the navy you would receive free education and most likely a better way of life for him and his family. So my Grandfather, scared of the sea to death went to the Navy. At first he didn't feel comfortable, he would tell us that everyone would bully him, that he would feel totally left out. But as time went on he started to get the hang of things until he reached Admiral.

This shows that sometimes even though you don't feel comfortable somewhere, or you feel that you don't belong, as time passes buy, one of those times can be one of the most important ones in your life. Like in the case of my grand father and as so far
I´ve seen in Billy´s life too. Because as far as i´ve gotten, most of the story has been about his times at war.



But not only has the book been about that. It has talked about many topics. Such as aliens, torture, war and I cant wait for what comes next! But these topics even though they are all within the story I wonder how they will finally connect at the end? Also something that keeps knocking on my mind is who is Billy?? Is he maybe Vonnegut? Maybe he changed all of the names but he really is telling the story! This book is full of hidden clues and I cant wait to start finding them out.