Chapter Four: Not So Perfect...

     In Chapter four, Billy Pilgrim is still in the car and experiences a feeling of loneliness because of his hubris. A hubris is the tragic flaw that often leads to a character's downfall. One of the men in the same car as Pilgrim expressed his feelings about Pilgrim's sleeping habits saying, "' Not with me, you son of a b****,' said somebody else. 'You yell. You kick.'     'I do?'    'You're God damn right you do. And you whimper.'    'I do?'" (78-79). 

    Pilgrim was completely alone. Everyone in the car agreed that Pilgrim was annoying and had issues while he slept. No one wished to be near him. The feeling of loneliness can bring a person's self- esteem down. At that point, Billy Pilgrim felt isolated. Vonnegut continues saying, "Nearly everybody, seemingly, had an atrocity story of something Billy Pilgrim had done to him in his sleep. Everybody told Billy Pilgrim to keep the hell away" (79).  Billy Pilgrim was forced to sleep standing up. There were probably reasons why Pilgrim was yelling, kicking, and whimpering in his sleep, especially because of the war.