Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Chapter 3: Illusions

The continued points of Chapter 3 involve some of that which happened in Chapter 2. That sentence in itself is about as confused as Billy must feel, as his story continues. He still is presented to us as someone who has free will, when in reality its all just an illusion. He is simply a spastic time traveler who has no way of controlling what time period he enters in his life. This and the hopelessness of the ongoing war, start to take their toll on Billy as this chapter wears on. He is featured weeping,(not crying, but weeping,) to the point where it seems like he couldn't possibly stop. Despite the fact that it seems at times Billy could be losing his mind, the realistic details of his stories, are enough to keep me glued to the pages, and still believe these stories are true. Even if he does "see" and reference Adam and Eve in the chapter, I still believe he is perfectly sane in the stories he tells. I just can't help but feel bad for the guy...stay tuned.

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