2bri02b Kurt Vonnegut Analysis
The major theme of 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut is the controlled society, which is designed to compose a utopia, ended up as a tragedy to each individual. At the cost of eradicating natural deaths, the population is controlled to be “stabilized at forty-million souls” (1). In order to maintain the population, someone must “volunteer to die” to birth a new life (4). Consequently, the intended utopian society is actually revealed to be a dystopian society. First of all, Wehling is about to having three newborn babies but it turns out a tragedy since he ends up becoming a killer to save his own children and even kills himself. In addition, Dr. Hitz faces his own nightmare when Wehling shoots him. Dr. Hitz may never have planned to sacrifice his life