The case of Fate vs Hope

Hope is defined on Dictionary.com as to look forward to the uncertain with desire and reasonable confidence.

After reading Slaughterhouse Five, I believe that hope is a non-existent force because there is no such thing as uncertainness when examining time. There is only fate.

In Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut argues that time is a human creation and that only humans view events as one moment after another. In other words, humans are only able to view the present dimension.

You started reading this article a few seconds ago, meaning that the moment you started reading this article is in the past. The moment you started reading this article has always existed and will always exist, even though humans cannot continue to see it.

This is the same concept that modern-day scientist use to examine time travel. Scientists believe that any given moment has always existed and will always continue to exist, even if it is in an alternative dimension. Time travel simply takes you to that moment.

This excerpt from Slaughterhouse Five best explains how the forces of time and fate work,
“How does the Universe end?” said Billy.
“We blow it up, experimenting with new fuels for our flying saucers. A Tralfamadorian test pilot presses a starter button, and the whole Universe disappears.”
“If you know this,” said Billy, “isn’t there some way you can prevent it? Can’t you keep the pilot from pressing the button?”
“He has always pressed it, and he always will. We always let him and we always will let him. The moment is structured that way.”

I leave you with this quotation that Master Yoda once told young Luke Skywalker regarding the forces of fate and hope,
“Do or do not, there is no try.”