Chapter 2

This chapter in the book marks the beginning of Billy's journey and also the end and the middle.  What Vonnegut does is he flashes through the various highlights of Billy's life so that we can understand better the kind of person he is.  What is also interesting is the relationship between him and Ronald Weary.  They both struggle to understand each other and they have many differences, yet they are both cast out of the crowd and are sometimes forced together.  Weary has saved Billy's life several times which makes their relationship even more complicated as at the end of the chapter, Weary is also trying to kill him.