Slaughterhouse-Five

(1972)

erman, Edgar Derby, and a brash loudmouth from his home town, Roland Weary, ending up generally being the only survivors of the bombing raid.

The second is his life as a semi-successful optometrist in Ilium, New York, where he sold War Bond and was married to the love of his life, Valencia Merble. And the third is as an abductee on the alien planet of Tralfamadore, where he is displayed in a Tralfamadorian zoo along with various Earth creatures and Tralfamadorians who provide him with some enlightenment on his past, present, and future.

Billy's life becomes even more confusing when he meets who would become his first wife, the socially inept Valencia Merble, at the YMCA where both worked. Later in life, he meets his lonelier and socially awkward second wife, Rosewater- the two relationships separated by a few years and a common meeting point at a Veteran's Hospital. Throughout his life, Billy is plagued by visions and flashbacks O the bombing of Dresden, playing a central role in the overall impact to his life.