Now, we all know that Aliens do not exist. Well, we are not absolutely positive but I suppose we all have a pretty good reasons for believing that they do not. We, as readers, know that the experiences with the Tralfamadorians are all in Billy's imagination and most of us have concluded that Billy is completely insane, as I discussed in a previous blog. However, think about it, what is Billy was afraid to express what he truly believed in and he therefore chose to express his ideas with this unrealistic world?Billy's experiences with the Tralfamadorians propose an alternate reality, which for some people may be considered as a utopia. This might just be Billy's utopia and the way that he believes that human's should live. Yet again, I doubt that Billy would believe that by narrating an experience with aliens, he would convince everyone of what the correct way of living would be. Well, it's just a possibility.
The Tralfamadorians encounters with Billy may also be reassuring to Billy. What I mean by this is that the Tralfamadorians may be Billy's alter-ego that provide comfort and happiness to him. Sigmund Freud once said that escaping reality and going into an unrealistic world is one of the ways to seek and feel pleasure. Tralfamadore may be Billy's alternate universe where misery does not exist. Is it possible that our main character has not gone completely insane and is actually an ordinary man seeking happiness?
