Life's Relativity in War

    The Trafalmadorians are introduced to Billy as a modernistic race with a non-humanistic perspective in a time period were it is the most uncommon to find it in, war. Having relativity as their main philosophy just like Einstein and his "Relativity of Space and Time", however they go beyond and not only think time as being relative and non-linear but also life and emotions. This frames a black-and-white contrast between their ideology and the general, humanistic consensus of a world at war. The impact on Billy by the Trafalmadorians is noticeable by the way he acts in the book with a numbness and an indifferent manner. The simple fact that he was kidnapped in the day of his wedding means that the things that seem important in an emotional level are relative. In a way I think this is way for Vonnegut to express his alcohol-numbed pain and give his traumatic experience less importance so in a way its less traumatic.