Bugs in Amber

     "A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber." - Kurt Vonnegut
     One can most obviously relate this to the time the Tralfamadorians telling Billy Pilgrim that we are all bugs in amber, but I think it is a huge theme in the book, being stuck in amber. So many people die in the book, that it causes me to think about my own life. A "wow, we can die at any moment." kind of thought. The quote says that we have to live each moment to the fullest because "all time is all time, it does not change". The past and the future don't matter. The past has already happened, we can't change it, and we can't change the future either. The only place in time that we can effect is the current moment we are in.
     Overall, this quote is one of the very essences of Slaughterhouse Five. Vonnegut is just trying to tell everyone, that today could be your last day, or one of your loved ones last day. So live every day like it's your last day.

By: Rachel Cutler