To Have A Place

After reading the next part of Slaughterhouse Five I began to think a lot. Interestingly enough I began to think of Billy as someone who can’t find a place where he fits, or a place where he is comfortable in. That’s why the plaque on his office has so much meaning to it, “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom always to tell the difference.” (Chapter 3, pg. 60) When it says “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change” it shows how Billy has to “live” with the fact that he changes time periods with no control. It’s like what I said before that he doesn’t fit in the places he is in, so he has to live with that.

We must take into consideration what is said in the plaque. I thought about how we could all apply this into our live, by accepting who we are and then changing what we want to do. This is also something Billy has to understand to fit in where he is in the moment.