Chapter 4 - extended metaphor

On the night of Billy's daughter's wedding, Billy finds himself having a hard time trying to get to sleep. He decides to go wander around the house, until he eventually ends up in backyard. The flying saucer is flying up ahead. Once he is on board, Billy starts asking a series of questions, one of which was 'Why me?' the aliens replied with "Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment" (Vonnegut 77). The aliens were trying to get through to Billy that there is no 'why me' questions in time. They were trying to tell him that everything just is and always will be. They accomplished that by using an extended metaphor, in which they compared Billys capture to a bug getting stuck in amber.