Empty Closet

Watching this empty page my mind went blank. As I try to remember with detail the chapter I just read, there is an image that appears over and over again. This scene occurs when Billy, unable to sleep, walks around the house and comes upon his two children’s rooms. He later remembers they are gone forever. “He went into his daughters room. Her drawers were dumped. Her closet was empty” (Vonnegut 73) This scene is a mnemonic of the pain and emptiness I felt as I waved good bye to my cousin, Martin. My cousin, my best friend, with whom I have shared my fears and dreams is gone. Who will comfort me and lend me a helping hand when I fall? He is gone on a blink of an eye leaving nothing but his memory and an empty closet behind.

As I read further into the chapter, I was impacted by one of Billy Pilgrims thoughts. “Everyone turned into baby, and all humanity, without exception, conspired biologically to produce two perfect people named Adam and Eve”(Vonnegut 75). This quote represents the idea of turning back time to when every human being was pure and good. A place where no evil crosses the human mind.