Chapter 10 Motif

In Chapter 10, Vonnegut used the saying "So it goes" many different  times. Evey time that Billy explained how a character had died, he followed it by "So it goes". Even though it was one of the shortest chapters in the book, "So it goes" was used more than in any other chapter. For example, on a single page in chapter 10 it was used three times and in other chapters. "Martin Luther King was shot a month ago. He died. So it goes" Throughout the course of the novel, Vonnegut has frequently used "so it goes." Every death or reference to death is followed by "So it goes." I believe that Vonnegut does this because once someone has passed away, there is nothing that one can do about it. Every death in the novel that is followed by "So it goes" symbolizes that all the deaths are dealt with in the same way. So by saying "So it Goes" Vonnegut is showing us that that particular death is just another death. So it goes.