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Billy Pilgrim is Born
Born in Ilium, New York. Billy Pilgrim and his parents were involved in this event. This is important because Billy later goes to college for optometry in Ilium. Without this significant event, he would never be born there, changing the story. -
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The Life of Billy Pilgrim
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First Came Unstuck in Time
Billy was in WWII, leaning up against a tree when he first became unstuck in time. It's significant because that marks the first time that it ever happened to him. -
Discharged from the Army
Billy got captured and transferred to Dresden in 1945, to then get brought to the slaughterhouse. Then Dresden gets bombed, after surviving he gets discharged. His fellow soldiers were in this with him until some of them died. It's important because we can see the events leading up to it, and it shows what happens if Billy had survived, which he did. -
Dresden Bombing
This event happened because the allies wanted the Russians to be intimidated, and act as a warning. During this time BIlly was in a meat locker at Slaughterhouse Five. -
New Years Eve
Billy blinked when he was in 1958 and traveled to 1961.He was at a new years eve party, got drunk, and cheated on his wife. -
Met Kilgore Trout
Billy met Kilgore Trout when he was driving by, and saw him yelling at these kids. He was the head of their paper route and he wasn't happy, making one kid quit. Billy offered to help him, and they talked about his books and how he was a fan of his work. That's how they became friends. -
Kidnapped by a Flying Saucer
It came down and got him on the night of his daughter's wedding. It had purple lights and he got taken up to Tralfamadore. He was then forced to strip, and live in the zoo with Montana. If he never got taken he wouldn't have learned some of the lessons that he did. -
Plane Crash
Billy was in a plane crash on the way to his conference and survived. He had a fractured skull, and ended up in the hospital. During this period he goes in and out of time.He was with his father in law, and twenty seven other optometrists. If this event didn't happen wee wouldn't get to see the events that he time traveled to, and he would have never met Copeland Rumfoord. -
Valencia's Death
While rushing to the hospital to see Billy, Valencia got into a car accident. She continued to drive and died from carbon monoxide poisoning. This is significant and very ironic. She thought Billy was going to die, but she ended up dying instead. -
Billy Pilgrim Dies
Billy Pilgrim died because Lazzarro promised Weary that he would get him back by killing him. He said that one day when he got out of the war he would order a hit. He did exactly this.Billy was shot and died. I guess it proves that he did keep his word to Weary. It's crazy that he could survive something like Dresden, but then to later get shot.
