2bri02b Kurt Vonnegut Analysis

Death. Many fear the word itself. How would you feel to not be able to have a child without causing it, or having someone volunteer for it? The theme of 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut is that there is no reward worth the life of another person, and Vonnegut does many to make this clear. One of the ways he does this is through character dialogue. When speaking to the orderly, the painter states on page 2, “The world could deal with a good deal more mess, if you ask me.” This shows that the painter believes the world needs to be shaken up in order for change to be made. He doesn’t like the way the world was moving with so many people sacrificing their their lives just t not become overpopulated. The artist does not believe that that reward is worth human life. Another quote from the story to further the theme is when Mr. Wehling states on page 3, “I want those kids…I want all three of them,” after Dr. Hitz gives a speech about population control. This shows that he does not care about the reward of a controlled population, if people he cares about have to die for it. Death outweighs any positive feeling that may come with it. …show more content…
However, this is not the case, as the text states on the final page, “...then he decided he had had enough of the happy garden of life., too, and he slowly came down from the latter.” The painter decided, after witnessing all the deaths for the sake of overpopulation,. That he could no longer bear the weight of life. Vonnegut does this to show the affect that death can have on other people, meaning that the theme is that there is no reward worth the life of