2 B Kurt Vonnegut Analysis

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In this passage, one can say that this short story starts of in a perfect world. I choose the short story 2 B R O 2 B by Kurt Vonnegut. The reason behind my choose is the rather intriguing and thought provoking storyline.The story starts out by providing us with a perfect world one that pretty much has a solution to each and every problem imaginable in the world today. It later nicely expands upon that and demonstrates that it is impossible to be in a perfect world due to the fact that there will always be problems that arise.
The short story starts off in a desirable manner and shortly moves into a more realistic one. The first sentence Vonnegut says, “Everything was perfectly swell” it shows how everything is marvelous and sweet. Later she states that, “There were no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, no wars.” which demonstrates
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In actuality, these are some things that we are actually currently striving to achieve. But it is obvious that those task are impossible task to reach in our current timeline. Which brings me to the idea that the author this short story to be intended to be seen in the point of the future rather than present or past. Our technical and social advancements are constantly striving to be improved. I personally think, that this would indeed be a great advancement for us as a society. Who wouldn't want to live forever and live in a place with no problems. But in the other hand at what cost, sure it great to be live but this only demonstrates that there is more to this time than just life. Life is meant to have obstacles and regardless of the grit, it will always have them. It is quite apparent that life is not perfect. It is indeed a wonderful experience one that everyone deserves a chance to have we shouldn't try to control life, but rather make most of

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