David Vonnegut So It Goes Quotes

In my essay I chose to use the "so it goes" quotes to explain my perspective on the book because since the phrase is used so many times in the book I feel like it could have multiple meanings and has a lot of significance in this book. Billy is stating that he is starting to think like the Tralfamadorians, because he is not going to look back anymore and doesn’t want to be that “pillar of salt.” So when he sees someone dead or dying, which happens frequently in this book, he just says “so it goes” and moves on because basically there is nothing he can do about it. Death is apart of life, no matter how severe or minor the death is. “The Germans carried the corpse out. The corpse was Wild Bob. So it goes.” The Germans made Weary give back his boots given to him by the German army for a pair of clogs, to cause gangrene and kill him. Basically Vonnegut is trying to show that death can happen in any and every way. Some serious, some minor. Weary died because his shoes did not fit and that’s what caused the gangrene. Billy states “so it goes” because he’s not interested in making a big deal about the situation. …show more content…
But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human. She was turned to a pillar of salt. So it goes. People aren't supposed to look back. I'm certainly not going to do it anymore." In this quote Billy is stating that by her “looking back” she was turned into a pillar of salt, meaning in our words she is no better than the next one. Billy states people aren’t supposed to look back meaning, never look back on the past because it’s in the past now there is nothing you can do to change it. He states he’s not going to look back anymore, because he doesn’t want to be that pillar of salt, he knows there’s nothing he can do about the current events so he proceeds to think like the

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