Internal Conflict- Chapter 8

The part of this chapter that stood out the most was the internal conflict that Billy faced whenever the quartet began singing. As Vonnegut explained, "The barbershop quartet sang again. Billy was emotionally racked again," (175). The effect that these four men had on him was indescribable. Suddenly, he began going through time in his minds as an illusion of his son in the bathroom showed up. For some reason, this group of four men singing had an effect on him and he didn't understand it. Valencia even commented that he looked like he had seen a ghost. Nevertheless, it was obvious that this was shaking him, and he could not figure it out.