Slaughterhouse Five: How Crazy Is He?

"I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains. All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is." Tralfamadorian Pg. 85-86

This is the story of a man named Billy who believes he becomes "unstuck" from time and travels to different parts of his life including when he is abducted by aliens. I'm not going to lie, if somebody told me this happened to them I would think they need to be committed. But Billy doesn't necessarily come off as crazy in the story, more like misunderstood. Or maybe the war has driven him to be crazy. It wouldn't be the first time a soldier goes insane, and the book does talk about how unstable Billy is. This sounds like a pretty solid combination to make a man think that he's been abducted by aliens and all his life is flashing before his life, hence the time traveling. Or just maybe he really is time traveling and maybe he really was abducted by space creatures. Maybe... To me it just feels like a stretch which is weird because I like to read books about wizards and hunger games and never once did I question the sanity of these characters. I think because this story is so intertwined with such a realistic event it's harder to think of this story as make believe. Because the story seems so real it's hard to think of time travel and abductions as real. Right now I think he's crazy but only time will tell.