Vonnegut Analysis

port your opinion.Vonnegut is warning us that an interpretation of an ‘equal’ society could reinforce an oppressive and totalitarian government. It also begs the question, if everyone is ‘equal,’ who, in fact, is in charge? Presumably there is someone, or a group of people, who would need above average intelligence in order to maintain regulation. All of the impediments which are government-mandated are not likely to be controlled by someone like either George or Hazel, who, when confronted with an ethical question, are not able formulate a coherent response. The exposition reads, “If Hazel hadn’t been able to come up with an answer to this question, George couldn’t have supplied one. A siren was going off in his head” . Rather

than allow