Real Soldier?

The beginning of chapter 7 reminded me of the movie “final destination”. In the movie, there’s a guy who is supposed to get on a certain plane. But somehow he knows that the plane is going to crash.  He decides to defy his destiny and save his life by not going into the plane.  Billy also knows that his plane is going to crash. But he has learned to leave moments as they are.  He goes into the plane and survives the crash.  But he injures his head. Earlier in the book, Barbara mentions that Billy’s stories about tralfamadorians started in this time. This makes me believe that since the airplane crash Billy became literally crazy. 

There was a certain aphorism that called my attention.  In page 159, a widow examines the soldiers.  She says “All the real soldiers are dead”. Billy agreed to this, but I completely disagree. They are all real soldiers.  For instance, what is a real soldier anyway? For the widow in the story a real soldier is a tough man who is the right age. For me, a real soldier is just anyone who is brave enough to defend their country with their own lives. Just the fact of being in Dresden and trying to help makes Billy, Gluck and Derby real soldiers.