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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.
PPL This is a book about death (people/city).
1. It's a smart way to point out every time there is death in the book. Even when you get tired of reading it…moreThis is a book about death (people/city).
1. It's a smart way to point out every time there is death in the book. Even when you get tired of reading it, it stops you and let you remind you that death happened.
2. In war life is not unique, it's a number in a lottery. The relation between reason and effect (death) seems a lot of the times circumstantial. "shit happens" just means that the decision was outside of your zone of control.
3. For me it felt like a recurring joke, just to lighten the mood. The sentence borders an absurdity after a while.(less)
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Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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