Ch. 5 - simile

In chapter 5 billy explains that the aliens do not just see the universe as a bunch of stars and planets. They see everything that has been and will be formed. Billy compares it to spaghetti. Then, he goes on to explain what the human race looks like according to the tralfamadorians. "They see them as great millepedes -'with babies' legs at one end and old people's legs at the other," (Vonnegut 87). That simile that he used to explain how we look according to aliens was really interesting. I thought it was really interesting how they're looking at our species as a whole rather than looking at each and everyone of us as different individuals.