Post #11: A Motif

Chapter 6

In Slaughterhouse-Five, there are many deaths that occur.  After referring to a death, Vonnegut writes the sentence "So it goes."  This motif is stated after every death, whether it be accidental, intentional, or natural.  Death is an unstoppable force.  The repetition of this motif expresses and points out the inevitability of death. Everyone will die someday.  So it goes.