Friday, May 21, 2010
In this novel there is basically no freewill, everything happens for a reason which is described by fate. In the book Kurt Vonnegut is played by Billy Pilgrim and Billy is unstuck in time. He does not see the present. He jumps through time and sees everything and lives it all jumbled together. Billy resembles Kurt in the way that they do not care about time and do not see it. Kurt believes that life is important but time has no impact on their life. Billy sees hes birth and death all at the same time and he does not try to change what is going to happen because there is no freewill only fate. Billy knows how he is going to die and he isn't going to try and change it because of fate. Everything happens for a reason. Kurt believes the same thing and wants everybody to know that. Kurt also wants people to know what happened in Dresden and that is had to happen for a reason.
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That's really true how Billy doesn't have any free will, because he has come unstuck in time.
Ya he doesn't have any free will, because fate cannot be changed. You might think that you are changing your fate, but your not everything you do is already fated.
Free will does not work with him because all his fate was made and cant be changed.you mite be able to change it a little but fate will always happen
I like how you brought to attention the fact that Billy dies, and doesn't try to change it because he cant due to the idea of fate vs. free will.
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