Change. Change is an illusion, a false hope that one has power over their destiny or their fate. In the book Slaughterhouse-Five, this is how the Tralfamadorians view the universe. They believe that one cannot change the fate of the universe or of oneself because the moment in time has already occurred and that free will is a creation of the humans. Only one human named Billy Pilgrim, who was abducted and brought to the planet Tralfamadore, believes in determination as strongly as they do and his trip to Tralfamadore is what changed his mind so drastically.
The Tralfamadorians believe that free will is a result of the stupidity of the human beings of planet Earth. Instead of free will, they firmly believe in determination and everything it entails. They can see past, present, and future- every moment that has ever occurred happening simultaneously. Moments in time are not fluid with infinite possibilities in their eyes, they are instead definite. Events that occur were always going to happen for them, just as they cannot prevent the end of the universe even though they know the cause and could very well stop it.…show more content… Let the test pilot press the button of the Tralfamadorian’s flying saucer inevitably causing the end of the universe, or stop the button from being pushed so that life can continue to flourish and prosper. Though the choice is clear, the whole of Tralfamadore didn’t even consider the fact that a choice was present. Technically, making the choice to not push the button could only have positive effects. Though, perhaps, it could have somehow made things worse. Perhaps they had considered this because once the end of the universe had been witnessed by the Tralfamadorians, they believed it to be unchangeable. This makes sense considering they can see every moment due to their ability to see four dimensionally. But, if they had not seen it, would it have been a fluctuating moment in
