The Universe As It Is Meant To Be

Have you ever pictured the mind of a war veteran? It must be certainly complicated and changed due to the war and the experiences that he had to live. Billy is lying in the veteran hospital, under his blankets due to the fact that Billy thinks that he did a bad to his mother by being born. As time went by, Billy fell asleep and "woke up" in the war again, talking about Dresden and how the wars were fought by children. " It's like the Children's Crusade". (Page 106) They reflect on this point for a short amount of time on that, especially Derby and the colonel which were aged men. Then, they mention how the Americans came out of the woods to not be killed by the Germans, which ordered them to drop their weapons and walk out of the woods if they wanted to live.  

There is a change in the pattern of writing like for 2 pages, which consist of dialogue between Rosewater and Billy's mother. They talk about how Billy was engaged to Valencia, a rich woman that would give large amounts of money to Billy of course, if they married. After Billy's mother leaves, Valencia comes and has a short dialogue with Rosewater and Billy too, about the reading that Rosewater was doing. Again, there is a change in time and Billy is in his forty's at the Tralfamadore zoo, amusing the crowd by taking a leak. He was asked several questions and asked several himself also, like how the universe would end, which the Tralfamadorians already knew. He was told that the Universe would end by a testing pilot pressing a button and making the universe disappear, which would not be prevented because it was meant to happen. He was instructed to just look at the moment instead of trying to prevent wars which was stupid.

When he was back, he was making love to his big wife, Valencia, which made him officially rich now. Billy is unhappy with Valencia, well he didn't want to marry that ugly woman even though he still had to, it would make him rich. They then went to their honey moon, where Valencia cried because she was very happy that someone had married her. Billy had seen the future of his dreadful marriage so when Valencia said that she wanted to become beautiful for him, he just told her he liked her just the way she was. "Really" (Page 120) I would never think of doing something that I really don't want to, it makes no sense at all (to me, because to Billy it seems to). What would you do if you could prevent the end of the universe: take action or just let it be as destined? Certainly I would take action, its me and thousands of other peoples' lives that are at risk, but to Billy its all okay since he hates his life. Common Billy, wake up...