The third chapter starts out with Billy waking up on the night of his daughter's wedding and not being able to sleep. Here he starts to see time a bit like the Tralfamadorians, he starts watching a movie backwards. Eventually, he starts seeing everything backwards, the whole history of his life, including the war, and the history of mankind which is destined (though backwards) to lead to two people only: Adam and Eve. This is the second time the author makes reference to these two characters. Is there a certain importance to this? Why are Adam and Eve important to the story, if they are important at all?
Something else that caught my attention is the author has mentioned twice how a dog's bark is interpreted by Billy Pilgrim. "Somwhere a dog barked. With the help of fear and echoes and winter silences, that dog had a voice like big bronze gong."(Vonnegut 82). The author also mentioned a dog barking in the beginning of the third chapter. Is there an importance to the way dogs bark? If not, why does the author mention this? Why does he keep bringing up points that make no sense? For example, the bit on Newton's Third law of Motion, and his wife having no uterus. I just think that the author sometimes includes stuff that is not really necessary.
How does Billy know he is going to be abducted by the Tralfamadorians? Is he crazy and just thinks about all of this in his mind? I think Vonnegut is trying to make a point about something with this time travel thing, but I just don't know what it could be. Maybe he is trying to tell us not to try and manipulate things, things are meant to be and they will happen, just live your life. "Only on Earth is there talk of free will."(Vonnegut 86) This says that according to the Tralfamadorians, everything has happened and always will happen, we can't change anything.
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