(Title) People are often told to fall in love with a person’s true self. But what if that’s not the only way to fall in love? What if you could fall in love with someone portraying another person? According to Kurt Vonnegut, that might be a good way to do it. In the story “Who Am I This Time?” by Kurt Vonnegut the theme you could fall in love with the idea of a person is developed by voice and characterization. Kurt Vonnegut uses voice in many different ways to prove the theme. One being a conversation between Lydia and Helene about Harry. The story states,’ “Once the show is over,” said Lydia “whatever you thought Harry was just evaporates into thin air” “I don’t believe it” said Helene. ‘For background information, Helene has talked about
