Conflict

A major conflict in chapter 7 is that the plane that Billy is on crashes "into the top of the Sugarbush Mountain in Vermont... [and] everyone was killed but Billy and the copilot," (199). This is significant to the story because the crash provides the reader with another reason for why Billy might be half crazy. Also, for such a tragic event, the author does not seem to make any dramatic comments. In fact, Vonnegut states that "everything was pretty much all right with Billy," (200). This is ironic because one, Billy had just been apart of a major accident and was fatally injured, and two, Billy's mind is all over the place and he is far from all right.