This chapter reminded me of many scenes of a movie I once saw called The Great Escape. The 1963 movie is about many prisoners of war that are taken to a camp in Nazi-controlled Poland called Stalag Luft III. Many prisoners there take different roles in creating the great escape. The goal was to create a tunnel for them to crawl through to reach the wilderness beyond the fencing. Many begin working on the tunnel, while others create a prisoner-formed choir to block the sounds of construction. Many suffer long hours of labor in order to be made free. This reminds me of Billy Pilgrim because many POW's in the boxcars were struggling to make it work inside these boxcars in order not to be executed. When Billy sees Wild Bob dead and being carried away, he realizes that could easily be him. All of the prisoners make the tiny space inside the boxcar their home for two days while the car does not move. This is why this movie and Billy Pilgrim can relate. In both situations, people are forced to sacrifice for the greater good in the future.
I like your all-inclusive post, I thought you explained it well. While writing this comment I had an epiphany. This could as well be connected to the movie Argo, where Americans surreptitiously go out the back door at the embassy in Iran.
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