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.
Brooke He says "so it goes" every time he mentions that someone died. I think it means that death is inevitable no matter how important you were or what you …moreHe says "so it goes" every time he mentions that someone died. I think it means that death is inevitable no matter how important you were or what you did in life. (less)
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