This was also discussed in a previous blog entry, but now we can confirm it. The Tralfamadorians taught Billy to ignore the unhappy moments of life and just focus on the happy ones. How can someone live like this? By doing this you are simply creating and enclosing yourself in a bubble, meaning that there is little to no contact with the outside world or reality. Billy learned to ignore the horrors of war, which allowed him to accept it. At times, he remembered the moment in which he witnessed the suffering of horses and began to cry. This is only a small proportion of all the agony that comes with war. If war causes pain, why do so many people support it?People believe that war is the only way to fight for your beliefs and stand up for the rights of people in a country. However, what about the rights of the people that are in the losing country? Do they not deserve the same rights? Is it fair for them to die severely? War only brings environmental damage, mass destruction, financial debt, death, and tensions between countries. There are many other ways to prove your point or to get across your ideas that do not involve violence or the killing of thousands of innocent people.
