The symbol to the bug in amber and whether or not free will even exists reminded me of this Matt Damon movie, one of my favorites, The Adjustment Bureau. For those that haven't seen it, the plot is based on an all-seeing person who holds a plan for everyone at their birth. No matter what decisions they make, the head-master and his workers, called "adjusters," go in and change things so the plan works out. Thus, the whole movie calls into question whether or not free will actually is present in the world, or if everything is simply predetermined.
The Tralfamadorians also brought this question to the forefront of the novel in chapter four. When the alien simplified the whole world by stating that "[time] simply is," he was suggesting that no matter what decisions someone makes, their fate is predetermined (86). This is obviously a debate that goes way back, and would have a lot to do with someone's religious beliefs, but it can go either way with people. In the same way, Billy is struggling with how he sees time as he goes back and forth, and the constant weeping he does is showing that he is having a very hard time with it.
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