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What does "So it goes" mean? The narrator seems to say that every time someone dies, so I was wondering what it meant.
Charlotte Picton “So it goes” follows every mention of death in the novel, equalizing all of them, whether they are natural, accidental, or intentional, and whether th…more“So it goes” follows every mention of death in the novel, equalizing all of them, whether they are natural, accidental, or intentional, and whether they occur on a massive scale or on a very personal one. Also, the repetition of the phrase keeps a tally of the cumulative force of death throughout the novel, thus pointing out the tragic inevitability of death.(less)
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Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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