Cinderella?

In class we have discussed many topics that make my thoughts go around in circles. Such as when we discussed who was Billy. Was he really Vonnegut, but just to hide his secrets he changed the name? Or are we just thinking too hard? Both went to World War 2, both are from Illium hmmm... Another relationship that we analyzed was the one about Kilgore Trout. He was  Billy´s favourite author but as we started to look closer we saw that they had many relationships. But is Kilgore Trout just another person in the story whom we believe there is a relationship with there is not? His books are similar to what Billy believes, such as"The Gospel From Outer Space". When I saw that title, it reminded me about the Tafalmadorians and we talked about it in class. Are we maybe thinking about the book too hard, and not realizing the main idea? I don´t know. But I am sure, that all the time that we have spent analyzing these topics is because they are going to mean something at the end. It´s just frustrating to keep on reading and think you have found the answers, but what you really encounter is more questions, more circles.

While I was reading Chapter 5, I was at the part where Billy was a prisoner at the German Camp. I have to say, it was really weird how Vonnegut is telling us about how hard it was to be a prisoner and I started ti grab the image of terror. "The American was astonished. He stood up shakingly spitting blood." That´t give a pretty nice image. But all of a sudden they got to where the Englishmen were and even though they were also prisoners they seemed to be having a blast. They were singing, had great food and even though the German were the enemy they got along pretty w doesn ell. Those are the times when I believe that I am understanding the story and then I start going in circles once again.

While I was reading around the beginning of Chapter 5 I got to a surprising and weird part. When Billy was at the prisoner camp and all of a sudden he was watching Cinderella. That is what I mean about how Vonnegut rights. I find it extremely interesting, even though I may sometimes get frustrated. It is a mixed feeling because I want to keep on reading about what the Cinderella play has to do with Billy. The last thing that I would of thought to appear in this book is definitely Cinderella. I guess that in this book you have to expect the unexpected.

I gave the appearance of Cinderella a little bit of an analysis. "Goodness me, the clock has struck. Alackaday, and fuck my luck" started to make me think about how Cinderella relates to Billy. At war Billy felt that he didn't belong, as well as Cinderella. She felt that she didn't belong in the house with her step mother and step sister. They both had a "magical" ride through life. Billy which gets stuck on time, and Cinderella whom fights against it. Time is both a very important part on behalf of both of them. Time is some sort of an enemy. Billy never knows how long time will last, and Cinderella doesn't even want to think about it.

All of these characters that are showing up in the book must mean something, I´m just not sure yet. I definitely want to keep on reading, even though I am full with circles in my head.