Why me?

‘Why me?’ he asked the guard. The guard shoved him back into ranks. 'Vy you? Vy anybody?' he said" (116).

The simple question, "why me?" is echoed here from earlier on in the book when the Tralfamadorians abduct Billy, as that is the only question that he has for them in the strange situation. It seems as if this question sums up Billy's overall question about his life, in a way, which is odd because this directly contrasts with the novel's mantra, "so it goes." "So it goes" is a phrase that exudes an easy-going undertone and makes it seem as if Billy does not care how, when, or why things in life happen, just like the Tralfamadorians. "Why me?" counters all of these ideas by showing that Billy really does wonder what the reasons are for the way that things happen, and why these things are always happening to him.

Is Billy trying too hard to buy into the ways of the Tralfamadorians after he meets them? When before, he always asked questions about why he had to suffer?