Many authors regard Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five as a literary masterpiece, mostly due to its underlying themes and chaotic plotline. Vonnegut writes in a purposeful manner, which a fluent literary critic could tear apart word by word and reassemble to form a powerful message. As a result of this, many critics over the years have noticed small, barely-there tropes, which emphasize Vonnegut’s point that the true nature of history is extremely repetitive. In explaining the time traveling escapades of WWII veteran Billy Pilgrim and his life post-war, Vonnegut displays the recurring nature of historic events, and often uses a small phrase to do this-“So it goes”. Throughout the course of the plot, Billy repeats this phrase in reference to