Fate in Chapter 4

     As Billy was kidnapped by the Tralfamadorians, they greeted him and asked if he had any questions.  Confused on why he was abducted,  "Billy licked his lips, thought a while, inquired at last: "Why me?".  The Tralfamadorians responded saying, "That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim.  Why you?  Why us for that matter?  Why anything?  Because the moment simply is.  Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?  Well here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of the moment.  There is no why."
    The Tralfamadorians explain to Billy that just as a bug is trapped in amber, he is trapped in his fate!  He is locked into his fate and any resistance or attempt to escape it is pointless.  On another note, when I read about the Tralfamadorians in Slaughterhouse Five, the picture that comes to my mind is the two aliens that are in the Simpson's!  In a way they are comparable, coming to the Simpson household, picking on Homer and mocking the humans ways just as the Tralfamadorians come to Billy and mock him about his question of why me and reject the idea of free will.