PT(ralfamadore)SD
During our discussions, we have talked about Tralfamadorians and their connection to both Billy and Vonnegut's trauma. Originally reading this book I thought the sci-fi element was added purely for entertainment, or to add more to a story Vonnegut was having trouble writing. As we continued to unpack its mysteries, I saw how Tralfamdore was used to illustrate PTSD in a new light. During Billy's time travel, he is thrown from place to place, without choice. He is forced to relive each moment as if it were his first time experiencing this, unaware of the memory he is in. It has become clear that these moments of time travel mimic triggering memories of people with PTSD. Aside from the one moment Billy thinks about the trigger of the bar quartet and its connection with Dresden, time-traveling seems disconnected. I then began to think about Tralfamdore itself and how their idea of moments always existing fit in. The lack of free will humans experience could be thought of as th...