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Nadya asked this question about Slaughterhouse-Five:
What does "So it goes" mean? The narrator seems to say that every time someone dies, so I was wondering what it meant.
Ivo I believe that anytime something, like a death, is mentioned that the protagonist could not have been aware of (or at least not with certainty), "and …moreI believe that anytime something, like a death, is mentioned that the protagonist could not have been aware of (or at least not with certainty), "and so it goes" is stated, meaning that this is something only noted by the Tralfalmadorians. Like a footnote from the omniscient narrator. (less)
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Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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