A blob of amber

“Why anything? Because the moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber? ...Well here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.” I found the example of the amber blob incredible, and it made it easier for me to understand what their time concept really meant. I took the comparison of the insect trapped in the amber and our lives to a next level. The lives of insects, as we see them, are not very significant. Insects live for small periods, we don’t care about them, we don’t believe they have rights, we think their life is boring and routine filled. What if we are just like them? Our live span is a lot for us, but is it really that long? And what do we really do in our life, how are we so different from the insects that we consider inferior to ourselves? I think that in the overall statement of the book, the Tralfamadorians will play a very important role in giving this book the allegorical sense I think it will have. Probably the author included these aliens because through them society can be criticized and many things that are wrong with humanity will be shown.