Slaughterhouse

"only earth is there any talk of free will" (86). I feel as though the little aliens represent the opposite of America. It's almost as though they are the foil characters to all of the American soldiers. These soldiers are representative of free will, democracy, and all these other ideals. Whereas the aliens are more into moments, they're just much more philosophical than the Americans are portrayed as. In the end, Billy almost becomes one because he too can see his past and future. He realizes that these moments are only that, and that he cannot change them. They're just the complete opposite from all the other characters in the book.