Chapter 5
"But among them was this poor Earthling, and his head was encased in a steel sphere which he could never take off. There was only one eyehole through which he could look, and welded to that eyehole were six feet of pipe." (page 115)
In this very long chapter, Billy is displayed in a simulated Earthling habitat in a zoo on Tralfamadore. The above metaphor is how the Tralfamadorian guide explained how Billy sees time. While the Tralfamadorians can see all things in all times, Billy can only see one thing at one time. This metaphor helped to better understand how the Tralfamadorians perceive time by imagining looking at a mountain range and seeing all these different things, while Billy, and all humans for that matter, can only see one thing.
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