Destiny

In the book as time goes, so does how Billy manages time. He has learned that he can't define his destiny, because what is meant to be is meant to be. In a way he has learned the lesson that everything happens for a reason. In Chapter 2 we are awared that Billy suffers a plane crash but we don't really hear the story behind it. When you get to Chapter 7 Kurt Vonnegut tells the story behind the crash.

Billy knows that his plane is going to crash, but he beliefs that is the place were he belongs and that for some reason he has to suffer the tragedy of a plane crash. In this plane were 29 optometrists, counting Billy. They were going to Montreal, Valencia. During the flight he time travels to 1944, but then the plane crashes. Billy had the luck that he survived. They crashed in a mountain in Vermont and a ski instructor found him a took him to the hospital. 


Billy knew this was his destiny all along. I can help to wonder, if he knew that the plane was going to crash, did he also knew he was going to survive? And if the destiny was the contrary and he were going to die, would he even step near that plane?