Could difficult war experiences really play a role in causing hallucinations? A hallucination is a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside of one's mind. One individual who suffers from hallucinations is Billy Pilgrim. Billy, a person who supposedly can travel through time, jumps between his time on the alien planet Tralfamadore, his experiences during World War II, and his imprisonment in a German prison camp. His hallucinations may have been caused by the plane crash that damaged his brain. He believes that there is a planet called Tralfamadore, far from Earth, and that it was abducted and brought there to be studied. Throughout the novel, Billy believes that what he sees is real while many others, like his daughter Barbara, are under the impression that it is just his imagination. In Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five, the parallels between Billy's Tralfamadore and his horrific war experiences, as well as Tralfamadore's similarities to Kilgore Trout's science fiction books show that Tralfamadore is just a figment of Billy's imagination. Billy's obsession with Kilgore Trout's novels, which depict worlds and ideas similar to those of Tralfamadore, calls into question the reality of Tralfamadore. Billy's hallucinations are likely shaped by his fixation with these novels, which is clear in the many aspects of Tralfamadore that are similar to parts of Trout's books. One similarity is in “The Big Board…it was about an earthly man and woman who were abducted by extraterrestrials. They were put on display in a zoo on a planet called Zircon-212” (201). This shows the biggest clue that Tralfamadore is a figment of Billy's imagination because his imprisonment on Tralfamadore is extremely reminiscent of the protagonist... at the center of the paper scenes, but also his other times in the real world. .Hallucinations are usually caused by extreme stress. It's about the big idea that people let their imaginations run wild when they experience horrible events. They are a way to deal with terrible situations, such as war, as they allow someone to escape reality for a time. These delusions often mirror a person's own experiences in some way, perhaps because the person is attempting to deal with these events psychologically. Billy's terrible experiences with the bombing of Dresden and throughout the war force him to seek refuge in hallucinations. His experiences on Tralfamadore are very similar to Trout's books and his wartime experiences, and this similarity shows that Tralfamadore is a figment of Billy's imagination. Works Cited Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse – Five. New York: MCA Music, 1969.