"He had already seen a lot of their marriage, thanks to time-travel, knew that it was going to be atleast bearable all the way." pg 120
I feel so bad for this guy! Nothing can be new and exciting because he sees it all before it happens! Where's the joy in that? No wonder he has no emotion! Better question, what would drive a girl to marry such a crazy man? And if he time-travels so much, why doesn't he just change the way things play out? He has the ability to rewrite his whole life as he sees fit! One would think he'd open up to his wife because he's been to the future and knows that what she wants. But no, that would be the right thing to do. The main character never does the right thing this early in the book. Billy still has half of a book to screw up, hide emotions, and vaguely talk about a war. Maybe by the end he might write a whole paragraph about Dresden. I can dream.
Last question to ponder: Do you think Billy knows the difference between traveling in time and actually living in that time?
He can't change time. The tralfalamadorians (or whatever they're called) say that despite knowing what will happen, they always let it happen. They can't change the future
ReplyDeleteBilly knows what the future is because he is currently in the "future." He is telling the story of his past and he is using the UFO thing to escape the pain of loss that he felt. The main premise of the book is that it is anti-war book. Kurt is using this story with the constant changing of time and place to show the toll war has on the minds of the soldiers.
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