Motivation- Chapter 7

Chapter 7 is the one where I really began to question Billy Pilgrim's insanity. As he begins his trip to the optometry conference with his father in-law, he knows that the plane is about to get one will crash. This is where the insanity really stands out. It was hard to tell what his motivation was to get on the plane, because all he said was that he "didn't want to make a fool of himself," (154). Was getting on a plane that he knew was going to crash not making a fool of himself? This is where the idea of not having free will gets confusing. It seems that proving free will to be real is as easy as him walking out of the airport and going home. This would, in turn, prevent him from being on an air plane crash and all the "planned" events would change. The whole time I was reading this part, I just wanted to shake him and talk him out of getting on that plane. Oh well, so it goes.