So, here goes another post on Billy Pilgrim. I watched the five-minutes-long trailer of Slaughterhouse-Five in English class a few days ago and the actor that played Billy just didn’t seem right. I have always imagined him to be a little chubby (accumulated after the war with Valencia of course), with wrinkles that any successful soldiers/ respectable optometrist should have. Also some frown lines on his forehead from the hardship of the war, adorned with a pair of apathetic eyes that have seen way too much to care for anything. Paradoxically, the Billy portrayed in the trailer looked a little too naïve and innocent than what I’ve been picturing.(Above I have included a rough sketch of my version of Billy Pilgrim.)
Some may argue that the Billy showed in the trailer was during the war time, before he became a optometrist. It’s true that Billy was young, but he was describe as older than most soldiers and he befriended with older men like Edgar Derby; More into early thirties or late twenties. Anyways, I have never watched the movie, maybe there will be a more mature version of Billy in the movie that plays the later half of his life!
Poo-Tee-Wee
Nancy
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