As I was reading chapter 1, I came across a quote that caught my attention.
"I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go" (20).
I feel like this quote is what keeps Billy going, because it seems like a strong quote. The war has had such an impact on him, that even waking up is bad. He's saying he wakes up to sleep, because he doesn't want to be in this war or where there's pain. He slowly wakes up because he's not ready for the tragedies he will witness. Maybe he's saying that he cannot fear his fate, because it is what it is; uncontrollable. He just gets up and does what he needs to in order to survive, and for him, that's enough.
What do you think the quote means to Billy?
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