Connections - Chapter Four: Human Inferiority

Humans are at the top of the food chain. So it goes. Billy Pilgrim asks the Tralfamordians why they chose him, and they respond, "That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim." In Slaughterhouse Five, Humans are not on top; Billy Pilgrim realizes this when he makes contact with the Tralfamordians. The Tralfamordians have a superior knowledge that we humans don't yet possess. They show Billy Pilgrim that many concepts humans believe in do not exist, such as free will. Ideas that we believe make humans superior could very well possibly be figments of our imagination.