Death is absolute. Kurt Vonnegut challenges this basic principle in his novel Slaughterhouse - Five. The plot revolves around a soldier, Billy Pilgrim, who encounters the Tralfamadorians, an alien race, who alter his perception of time and reality. Kurt Vonnegut coined the phrase “So it goes,” which serves to equalize all deaths as well as diminish their severity, and creates a satirical social commentary on the insignificance of human misery. The phrase "So it goes" is used extensively in Slaughterhouse. - 5, and essentially devalues ​​any event that precedes it. The following quote is an anecdote from one of the narrator's horrific experiences after World War II. “The elevator door on the first floor was made of ornamental iron lace. Iron ivy moved in and out of the holes. There was an iron twig on which two iron lovebirds perched. This veteran decided to take his car to the basement, closed the door and got out, but his wedding ring was stuck in all the ornaments. So he was lifted into the air and the floor of the car collapsed, fell under him and the top of the vehicle was lifted....