The Absurdity of Free Will While living in Tralfamadore and learning about the inhabitants' way of thinking, Billy Pilgrim sees that the aliens believe that nothing can be changed and that free will is a ridiculous idea. Billy comes to understand their reasoning, which eases his guilt, yet takes away his emotions. Through taking away the pain and tragedy of war, Billy looses his humanity. The Tralfamadorians, an alien race who abducted Billy on the …
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…you do have a peaceful planet here." "Today we do. On other days we have wars as horrible as any you've ever seen or read about. There isn't anything we can do about them, so we simply don't look at them. We spend eternity looking at pleasant moments---like today at the zoo...That's one thing Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times, and concentrate on the good ones" (117).