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So It Goes Liquid water is the quintessence of beauty. It is transparent and conforms to any given volume. It sustains life and splinters life into a beautiful palette of colors. When a book achieves these water-like qualities it reveals more to the reader then the rigid structure of conventional writing. With these qualities, the author can effortlessly convey his or her own message to the reader. Not only this but, because the writing never has an absolute form there are endless means for the story to move. All actions occur at once in a fluid motion. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. obtains these characteristics in his novel, Slaughterhouse Five. This is the story of Billy Pilgrim’s life during World War II and his life following the Dresden Firestorm. Slaughterhouse Five is unique because the plot is not in chronological order. Vonnegut introduces each event as he sees fit. The free form structure is rather fluid and helps create an overall effect that leaves the reader satisfied upon finishing the book. In Slaughterhouse Five, Vonnegut uses the element of time to keep Billy Pilgrim in constant motion and display his ever-changing philosophy throughout the novel. When the reader is first introduced to Billy Pilgrim he