"Short lapses in an eternal fall”

Billy the pilgrim is a very complex character, he time travels within his memories. "He is in a constant state of stage fright, he says, because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next."(PDF) Rationally thinking, it is not very pleasant to transport yourself in time and space because you loose track of where you are. Billy’s memories are traumatizing, they have changed him. Death is a constant thought humans have in mind at some stages of their lives. In some cases it is hard to speak of it, but going back to the death of a beloved person is worst. Vonnegut continues the narration of Billy’s life. He describes in detail Billy’s actions and thoughts while time travelling. “Wind and cold and violent exercise had turned his face crimson. He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.” (PDF) The complexity of Billy’s character was shaped by his unstable way of living. He could remember and live his past and future, something very unusual to most of us. So far Billy travels, remembers and lives in a Twilight Zone. “He was a funny-looking child who became a funny-looking youth-tall and weak, and shaped like a bottle of Coca-Cola.”(PDF) Billy the soldier, Billy the man, Billy the widower and “so it goes.”