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cruelty in common human institutions, Billy Pilgrim turns ...
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Thesis: Because he was unable to find comfort from human cruelty in common human institutions, Billy Pilgrim turns to the Tralfalmadorian concept of time.
Billy Pilgrim has been through many cruelties in his life. As a child his own father was cruel to him. They had gone to the Y.M.C.A. to teach Billy how to swim. A horrible, traumatic, event that would stay with Billy for the rest of his life. "Little Billy was terrified, because his father had said Billy was going to learn to swim by the method of sink-or –swim. His father was going to throw Billy into the deep end, and Billy was going to damn well swim"(43). Roland Wear was a very cruel man as well. He even to it as far as to try and kill Billy by kicking him in the spine. The only reason he had to kick Billy in the spine was because some organization Roland had in his mind about he, and the other two scouts being the "Three Musketeers". In Roland's mind, Billy had broken them up, he had severed the connection between the greatest fighting force in the army. "Weary drew back his right boot aimed a kick at the spine, at the tube which had so many of Billy's important wires in it. Weary was going to break that tube"(51). A horrible and saddening event that even the U.S. A. would hide for twenty-three years from the people of its own nation. The bombing of Dresden was the major cruelty for the simple reason that it killed so many innocent people with there being no military around. One of the most beautiful cities in the world to see devastated by war. "There were hundreds of corpse mines operating by and by. They didn't even smell bad at first, were wax museums. But then the bodies rotted and liquefied, and the stink was like roses and mustard gas"(214). Such horrible tragedies how could Billy ever even come close to being able to cope with them all? Something must keep Billy sane.
The failure to comfort Billy through human institutions, is how humanity has failed...
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