Chapter 5

Repetition has been used frequently throughout chapter five by Vonnegut. The phrase “so it goes” (116, 125) is used in chapter five which continues to define Billy’s life by the means of time travel and uncontrollable telling of events. Even though Billy’s life seems out of order to the reader, his life goes on and continues to play out. Even though we read about his life in a non-chronological order, the events happened obviously in chronological order, and his life went on.