Death And Life In A Smile

I could not help seeing how many times Vonnegut wrote, “So it goes” in this chapter. Honestly I think it is allegorical he uses it after talking about death, therefore making it common and simple. “He died there of pneumonia. So it goes” (slaughterhouse five pg 41) “… And you cut out his eyelids so he has to stare at the sun till he dies. So it goes.” (Slaughterhouse five pg 37) he explains how the death came and he moves on. It is allegorical, as I interpreted, we can’t let things like death stop us and we have to enjoy every moment of life, so time is irrelevant and inconsistent in this book because enjoying is not a matter of time. The Tralfamadorians for me were Bill’s idea of a God he tries to act like them: “I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is ‘so it goes.’”(Slaughterhouse five pg 27) bill shows an admiration towards them by telling people that he follows his thoughts, I think that is very clear.
Another allegory I found was when Billy said, “Frames are where the money is.” (Slaughterhouse five pg 24) it sounds like something you wouldn’t normally pay attention too but I think this has a double meaning. It seems to me that this quote is talking more about life than about frames, the fact that Billy is an optometrist is just significant. If I am not wrong, optometry is the study of the eye and you need the eye to work in order to see life and to make something out of it, and by the eye, I mean the conscience. In other words, the optometry could represent the study of life in this world. You need safety hence the safety goggles s for your life. The frames is just the part we know about or the part we let people know about us. So when he means were the money is where we enjoy life so we enjoy life by letting people see it and money means joy because who does not enjoy money? It is complicated but I think this book is going to lead me towards interesting discoveries. Life and death it is all connected and we should all be enjoying life as we go on and time as it said it could be irrelevant.