Entry #5: Anecdote

An anecdote is described as a brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often to characterize the individual.
"An anecdote: One time a recruit was watching him bone and wax those golden boots, and he held one up to the recruit and said, 'If you look in there deeply enough, you'll see Adam and Eve'"
Later in the paragraph, "...They we naked, They were so innocent, so vulnerable, so eager to behave decently. Billy Pilgrim loved them"
In my opinion, the anecdote illustrates the deeper goodness to every man, and how if you look deeply enough inside of someone, they too are innocent, vulnerable, and eager to behave decently. The golden boots are the people, and Adam and Eve are the goodness within them. "Billy Pilgrim loved them", as if to say he longs to see that goodness in everybody. He loves that he can see deeply into people and love them, even as they steal the very clothes and belongings from him.