Check out the Tralfamadorians' 'Character Analysis' and our theme on 'Fate and Free Will' for more on this point. Remember, according to the Tralfamadorians, we have no free will. We're just sayin'.Īnyway, there is no way to prevent or change this future assassination. We cannot help but notice that February 13, the date of Billy's projected death, is the same day as the Dresden firebombing. That is how Billy sees himself dying, and he has even seen the date: February 13, 1976. Lazzaro's threats seem to work, because Billy really does believe that he is going to succeed in shooting him out of the blue. The narrator compares Lazzaro to a rabid dog (6.9.3) Cold-Blooded Killer?

Derby argues with Campbell and defends America’s ideals. Campbell, Jr., writes books on the rudeness of American GIs and tries to convince the POWs to fight with the Germans against Russia. Revenge is the sweetest thing in life for Lazzaro, and he is always looking for an excuse to get some. An American turncoat who has become a propagandist for the Nazi war cause, Howard W. Lazzaro is a guy with a permanent chip on his shoulder, a total psychopath who judges every encounter he has with a person based on how much respect they show him. Lazzaro's insane, murderous loyalty to Weary's memory doesn't really have anything to do with Weary.

Of course, Lazzaro had not known Weary before meeting him on the train from Luxembourg to Germany, where Weary dies. (Lazzaro needs a crash course in 'So it goes.') And theyll be fought by babies like the babies upstairs.' answer choices. Lazzaro is a fellow American POW with a grudge against Billy because he believes it's his fault that Roland Weary dies of gangrene. Who said: 'And war will look just wonderful, so well have a lot more of them. Paul Lazzaro is the fake name of a real guy the narrator mentions in the first chapter, who 'really did threaten to have his personal enemies killed by hired gunmen after the war' (1.1.1).

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