Living in the lower class results to many hardships in life. Growing up, Karpinsky seemed to be a typical lower class male during the Great Depression. He expressed his struggles to Henry and Anne while bursting into tears. Karpinsky told the wealthy couple that his “‘father worked himself to death for my future; my mother is dying, killed by the same thing. And now, college degrees and all, I can’t even get a job as a dishwasher.” (Vonnegut 231). This quote shows the struggles Karpinsky went through throughout his life. He grew up with parents who couldn’t really support him economically. All of these struggles were due to the fact that he was apart of the lower class. Especially during the great depression, it was hard for him to find just
