Not Courage But Failure

At the end of the chapter there is a curious little illustration (Pg.209) I realized how Vonnegut mixes illustrations with significant phrases. Personally when I saw the drawing I did not pay much attention to it, I was just excited because I was coming to the end of the chapter but  then  I read "god grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom always to tell the difference."(Pg 209) 

Something that just bumped my thoughts was the fact that Billy was never like that, he didn't have any courage, he hardly believed in God, and "among the things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past, the present and the future."(Pg.60) As we can see, Vonnegut again plays with a bit of irony.  It's strange how Vonnegut represents the total opposite of Billy in Montana. She's beautiful, she had a life Billy didn't. But maybe that's the reason why he did it, Billy needed someone who actually complimented him, not like Valencia who was a wife for convenience. 

Billy's life is a clear example of failure, of going everywhere without going anywhere.