Summary Of 2BR02B By Kurt Vonnegut

It seems that life is perfect to most citizens in the futuristic world Kurt Vonnegut creates in his short story, “2BR02B”. Although a few of the characters seem to understand that it is clearly very far from it. Unless the reader considers “a death for a life” an appropriate means of population control, then perhaps this world could be considered a utopia. Vonnegut encourages his readers to wonder is life or death better in this society created within “2BR02B” through his use of symbolism and irony. Vonnegut uses symbolism at the start to develop the theme of the story as the main character, “a sardonic old man, about two hundred years old,” paints a mural inside the hospital of a perfect garden. In the story, the author says, “Men and women