Chapter 2 - Connection

All I can think about in this chapter is the movie "Dead Poets' Society". Although I have not actually seen the movie, one epic and  famous scene stands out in relativity to this chapter.  That scene is the "Carpe Diem" speech. The speech consists of of Mr. Keating, Robin Williams, telling his all boys English class to seize the day. (That is "Carpe Diem" for all you Latin buffs out there.) To me, this is the underlying message of chapter two. Although Billy has the power to "time travel", his life is still filled with death which I take as a warning to the readers since we cannot time travel. We live to die so "Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary."