The further and further I get into Slaughterhous Five, the more I like the way Tralfamadorians live. Everything they do and think just sounds so smart and sophisticated. They live life so simply and don't ask questions; in fact, their life is so simple that they don't even waste their time with speaking. They communicate telepathically, which to me seems much easier than actually speaking. Contrary to popular belief, I am not capable of speaking telepathically with my twin, so I am completely jealous.
They don't worry about people dying; instead, they believe that the person may be not doing well in this moment, but they are doing just fine in plenty of other moments. If humans on earth believed this, people would probably live much more happily. They don't ask why because they say "there is no why" because the "moment simply is." They don't believe or even know what free will is...well now they technically know what it is because they've studied Earth for a while.
Ever since I have learned these things about Tralfamadorians, I've had major problems deciding whether or not their way of life is better than ours. On the surface, Tralfamadorians seem to live smartly, but is it really what it seems? If you could choose to be a Tralfamadorian or stay as you are, would you change?
Their life style seems almost glamourous to us. I agree that their mindset towards misfortune (ie, death) is almost a healthy way to deal with death.
ReplyDeleteIf given the choice, I'd probably chose to be human. First of all, it'd be distorting to me to all of a sudden have a 4th dimention to me. Think of how a drawing on a piece of paper would feel if all of a sudden brought to this 3-D world?
I also wouldn't want to be tralfamodorian because I would prefer to have fee will (or the preception that I have it). That feeling of choice is wonderful, and I don't wish to give that up.
I don't like the idea of not having free will. It might make life simpler, like you said, but it seems like life would be pointless if fate were already decided. Because of that, I'd rather be a human than a Tralfamodorian.
ReplyDeleteI like a lot of the different parts of the Tralfamodorian's lifes, but i think overall i like being human. I think a lot of people choose to see the negative so that is why they are not happy. But if they would choose to see the positive and be able to move on from the past and bad negative things then they would be jsut as happy as the Tralfamodorians.
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