"I, Billy Pilgrim, will die, have died and will always die on February thirteenth, 1976"

Have you ever thought of knowing the future? Would you choose to see your future, and even know the date of your own death? Wouldn't you be curious if you had the opportunity of knowing? I would be, and Billy Pilgrim has been given this opportunity by the Trafalmadorians. Many people would think, how lucky he is to know the future, but actually is it really that "cool"? Knowing something and not being able to stop it is terrible, being able to count the days you have left with your loved ones, becoming eager as the date approaches. I believe it’s a terrible thing, interesting in some ways, but knowing your fate is not part of our lives. We become who we want to become, but what if you become who you are destined to become. What if the future you have the chance to watch is you dying from the death penalty? Knowing that eventually you’ll do something you have no control over, just to do as destiny says.

I think of the kind of situation, in which you know the outcomes and you know what is going to eventually happen, but find yourself without a voice; Unable to speak up and change things. Such as a criminal, a victim and a silent bystander, something very common in life. The poor bystander has no control of what is happening, because if he dares to come closer he might end up dead next to the first victim, or they’re silenced by a threat.