Dear Mr. Pilgim,

I suspect that you have serious mental issues. You are not pleased to stay at one topic at a time, or at one place at time. Your issues have gone so far that you have even made up stories about being kidnapped by Tralfamadorians. But I get it you have been through a lot and being in a war, as an American prisoner is not easy. IT is not easy either to be trapped in a boxcar for a very long time, were the conditions were like this: “It was black in the car and black outside the car, which seemed to be going about two miles an hour.” (pg. 77) and you had to take turns lying down or standing up, but in your case you could not liw down and sleep, because “You yell. You kick” (pg.78) I feel sorry for you. Also witnessing the death of one of your only “friends” in war, Roland Weary. And the death of the hobo, who was the one who encourage you not to complain because there were things far worse.

What really concerns me is that you do believe that the Tralfamadorians took you, How can you be so sure? Haven’t you considered the idea that you might have been affected by the fact that you were a prisoner for a long time in Germany? I think that’s the problem. You have been psychologically traumatized so much that you do think that Tralfamadore exists and you, in fact, have been kidnapped. I hope you realize that such things are not true, those kinds of stories are not possible. Nonetheless, I hope in our next meeting you tell me more about your time at Dresden as a prisoner and I might understand you better Mr. Pilgrim, I believe you have a very complex mind to figure out.

Sincerely,
Mariana Sanz de Santamaria