In the short story, King and Queen of the Universe, by Kurt Vonnegut, two young seventeen year olds in love do not see another side of life, but a perfect rich world. Henry Davidson Merrill, was the son of the President of the Merchants National Bank, and Anne Lawson Heiler, was the daughter of the President of the Citizens Gas Company. First, the sky was black, as Henry and Anne were walking through Murder Park, a man approaches them by the name of Stanley Karpinsky. Karpinsky was a man in his late twenties that was a drunk scientist. Next, the drunk scientist invites the two back his apartment to meet his dying mother, both thought it was kind of odd, but they decided to accept the invitation. The cops break into his apartment, and behind
