Chapter Two in Slaughterhouse-Five reminds me of a movie I recently watched at my friend's birthday party. The movie, titled The Fourth Kind, is a movie about horrific types of incidents in a small town in Alaska. Dr. Abigail Tyler, a psychologist, is repeatedly seeing patients that report seeing a white owl and suddenly are filled with fear. The fear they are experiencing is the result of aliens interacting with them, which is unknown to most patients. Dr. Abigail Tyler begins to experiencing the same interactions as her patients, and her daughter is abducted by aliens shortly after. Trying to convince a police officer of this abduction, the officer believes that Dr. Abigail is insane and accuses her of her own daughter's disappearance.
The situation in The Fourth Kind is comparable to Billy's dilemma. Billy is seen as insane by his daughter, Barbara, when he reports to a radio station in New York that he had been abducted by aliens from the planet of Tralfamadore. This abduction lasted merely a few Earth seconds, but was actually a few years on Tralfamadore. Barbara cannot believe Billy, and honestly it would be hard to.
In my opinion, these two situations are very much comparable. Honestly, it would be hard to believe anyone, even our closest family members, if they reported they were abducted by aliens. I know many people would share my opinion on this topic. Even in today's society, a person saying they were abducted by aliens would seem insane.
All in all, Billy saying he was abducted by aliens seems sketchy. I guess I'll just have to wait and see if he is actually telling the truth...
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