After doing research, I learned Albert Einstein's belief is part of the Tralfamadorians in Slaughterhouse Five. He argued that objects are described in four coordinates consisting of three dimensions and time. Einstein believed that in order to know where something is, one must know when it is. Since objects and people are forever changing, a real description would consist of describing the object or person at every moment. The Tralfamadorians perceive all of an object or person at all times because they can see in four dimensions.
However, in chapter seven, Billy's trips through time allow us to, in a way, perceive Bill at every moment in his life. After he got injured in the plane crash, "Billy was unconscious for two days after that, and he dreamed millions of things, some of them true. The true things were time-travel." In chapter seven, we never really see Billy at one particular moment. Instead, we see him at the many different moments in his life, just as the Tralfamadorians do and just as Einstein believed a true description was.
I liked that you researched the topic and found out that Einstein was too, a believer of the fourth dimension. I agree with your idea that we too get a glimpse of Billy just like the Trafalmadorians do, since we see him in many stages of his life.
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