Chapter Five

In chapter five, we meet some of the other POWs that Billy meets. One of them is Paul Lazzaro who likes to get revenge on anybody that makes him mad. He was skinny by the time Billy met him. The narrator describes his stomach as "the size of a walnut" (92). When I read that line, the imagery was perfect. I could imagine the look of Paul's stomach. It sounds disgusting but with no food the stomach is going to be the size of a walnut. We also met Edgar Derby, a high school teacher. We also learn more about Billy and how he committed himself to psychiatric hospital. We learn about Billy's wife, Valencia. He was also put on display at a zoo on Tralfamore. We also learn about his honeymoon.