Saturday, January 2, 2016
The phrase "so it goes" after every death to me seems like Kurt is trying to equalize all the deaths. Like everyone that dies has the same amount of importance, like they are all the same no matter the circumstances. Is that what he trying to do or is he just saying that death happens and to move on?
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I think that it may be a little bit of both. I personally took it more to mean the latter, that death happens, and it happens all the time, lets move on. He always seems to use the phrase "so it goes" after every mention of death, as if he really just feels like thats how life goes, it goes to death,
ReplyDeleteAt some points in this novel, I also feel that Billy some times wants to die, he feels that it is his time to go, but he never dies. He sees many comrades die around him, as well as many enemies, but he never seems to die. I think that "so it goes may be away of saying "there goes another one, and still not me"
I feel like it is mostly that death is a part of the life cycle, and that it is going to happen one way or another, and to move on with one's life. Although, Casey's perspective is interesting too. There have been points in the novel where it seems like Billy should be dead along with everyone else who are with him in that situation, yet he survives.
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