In Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut incorporated many places and time frames. Earth and Tralfamadore are the two main places and also contain many differences. Earth symbolizes reality in many senses, while Tralfamadore symbolizes fantasy. Unlike Earth, Tralfamadore is a utopian society, while Earth is in war. Earth symbolizes reality in the story. Reality consists life, love, hatred, and death. In the story, the birth of Billy in 1922 symbolizes newly acquired life. Also, World War II could …
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…symbolized a utopian race in which extremities were a necessity, and where emotions were non-existent due to the fact that they see in four dimensions. These differences in lifestyles are important in the story because they give the reader something to think about. It makes the readers think that maybe that will be their own race in the future. It makes the reader broaden their horizon and maybe not just think worldly, but universally instead.