Free Will

"If I hadn't spent so much time studying Earthlings", said the  Tralfamadorian, "I wouldn't have any idea what was meant by free will. I've visited thirty-one inhabited planets in the universe, and I had studied reports on one-hundred more. Only on earth is there any talk of free will." The aliens think everything is predetermined and they have no control over their own lives. They point out how this is unique to humans. Billy thinks about this and if people really have free will, and if they do, how can they do such terrible things like the war that he was in. Billy brings up a valuable question about if people do really have free will. And if we do, do we control our lives? Do we control our own destiny? Or, is everything planned out for us? Past, present and future.