Active reading notes, Chapter 2
1) How is this man Billy Pilgrim traveling through time, within his own life experiences, but without his control?
2) Why does the narrator repeatedly say 'so it goes' after giving information about Billy Pilgrim and other characters?
3) Who are these Tralfamadore's and why did they put Billy in a zoo if they are supposedly friendly creatures?
4) What is the relevance of the phrase "so it goes"?
5) What made Billy suddenly go to New York one day and then continue to devote his cause to informing people about the Tralfamadorians?
6) Weary seems to be a very odd character, being obsessed with torture and carrying every item he has ever received including a dirty photo
7) What sparked Billy becoming 'unstuck in time' while he was in a war zone?
8) Is Billy's mother saying "how did I get so old" a representation that she also was unstuck in time and confused about how she had come to become old so quickly?
9) Why does Weary care so much about helping out Billy? Enough to let two of the 'three muskateers' ditch him.
10) How was Billy able to make a speech and remember he had taken a speech course if he was just jumping through time and didn't experience all the events up until the speech?
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