The central government is imaginary for there is no need for control since everyone follows the Tralfamadorians principle of enjoying the moment, they do not think ahead, or plan for they live in the spur of the moment as we are all bugs trapped in amber. They live in the present; choose to focus on the pleasant aspect of any moment for they ignore the future.
Humans have a defined culture since they conserve the past but the Tralfamadorians do not....
Opinion about Earthlings: Huge millipedes with baby like legs at one end and old people’s legs at the other. Considers free will, and emphasizes on this concept. Focuses on a moment at time, are mentally incapable of visualizing and interpreting the various stages of life at one stretch. The planet is very unique among other 31 planets.
Humans develop emotions, and attachment to other humans or object if in contact for a long time. They are very incapable of handling death or non-existence of a person for they show extreme emotions at that stage.
History and Views: Tralfamadorians have a unique history of having no history for they live in the moment, chooses to focus on the positive, and ignores the negative for they believe that each moment is structured that way and to let it happen. They have adapted to seeing their life in one stretch, they predict the path of each star in the Universe, its origin to its destruction.
Tralfamadorian Language: The novels are laid out in groups, similar to clusters of stars. Each grouping symbolizes a situation or scene. They read it all at once, emphasizing their focus on the whole stretch of moments rather than one. Communication is telepathic through the exchange of waves. A keyboard type instrument was devised to translate foreign languages so that the response can be telepathically communicated to the zoo viewers.
View on death: When someone pass away, they only appear to die for they livein every other moments. If you compare it to the human's society, it is true for moments and memories from the past operate the same.
Education: The Tralfamadorians do not believe in education since it molds the mind to plan and prepare for the future which contradicts the principles of free will as said by the humans. They acquire common knowledge from experience such as not to touch a hot object, or to stay away from danger. They are taught not step out of the atmospheric realm, for they are bound to be sucked into vaccum...But they are very curious creatures for they observe the behavior of other planet’s inhabitants, and this is done by a specimen (usually done by taking a sample being from the area). Similar environments of their particular habit is recreated to observe their response and to see if there is any physiological or psychological responses to the environment.
A zoo was created for placing these specimens so that there is a control environment for observation and experimentation.
Continuation of life: There were 5 types in Tralfamadore, each designed to carry out a process in the creation of an organism. Their visible differences are evident in the 4th dimension.
Peace and War: The Tralfamadorians believe that events are inevitable, seeing the negative and the positive helps them to appreciate the present for the world ends not by an atrocious war but by an accident. An explosion!! Moments are structured for some days, there is horrific war in Tralfamadore, and some days are filled with peace.
-Parvathy
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