Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut was an anti-war book about the bombing of Dresden. The main theme of the book seems to be fate, or the fact that no one has free will. Throughout the book, Billy randomly travels through time. Every time he has the opportunity to make a choice that seems like the right or smart thing to do, he doesn't do it, because he doesn't have the free will to make that choice. This also leads to Billy not caring about many things, knowing that they will happen no matter what others do. As explained on the planet Tralfamadore, Billy cannot make any choice. The Tralfamadorians tell him that he lacks free will, saying "Only on Earth do we talk about free will" (109). One of the Tralfamadorians also said that they were "trapped in another drop of amber" (108), referring to the fact that neither he nor Billy can change anything in life and that everything has been, is and will be the same. The Tralfamadorians also know how the end of the universe will come. They will test their rocket fuel, but it will fail and destroy the entire universe. When Billy hears this, he asks, "Isn't there a way to stop it?" » (149). The Tralfamadorians tell him that they can't change him, because the pilot always has and always will. This probably happens when Billy finally loses all belief in the idea of ​​free will. A main example of fate would be when Billy is on a plane. In Slaughterhouse-Five it is written that "Billy, knowing the plane would soon crash, closed his eyes and traveled back in time to 1944" (198). Shortly thereafter, “the plane struck the summit of Sugarbush Mountain in Vermont. Everyone was killed except Billy and the co-pilot” (199). Instead of doing anything, Billy just waits for the plane to crash. If Billy had free will, he would have tried to warn the others on the plane, or not boarded at all. Another good example of lack of free will would be when Billy is about to die. Normally someone would care if he died, but not Billy. He locks a tape in a safe saying, “I, Billy Pilgrim, will die, I am dead, and I will always die on February 13th” (180). Before he dies, he gives a speech and he knows he is going to be assassinated..