Kurt Vonnegut Themes

This book definitely explores some of the over arching topics we have discussed this semester, but in a pretty odd way. Kurt Vonnegut definitely has a large imagination and creative mind. He used fictional characters in a dystopian society to portray his own thoughts and feelings which I found very interesting. The main theme he presents that we have also talked about in this course is love and acceptance. Wilbur and Eliza were not accepted by their parents because they were deformed creatures who were thought to have no future. They did not know their parents wanted them to be any different than they were, so they played dumb. Once they realized that their parents would accept them more if they were intelligent, they immediately informed them of their intelligence. This proves that it is definitely human nature to have the urge to be accepted and wanted rather than ignored. This was …show more content…
She hated those words but deep down I think she still had an urge to be wanted and loved by her parents. Another way this ties into the themes of this course is the scenes of empathy. The children are empathetic with their parents in the beginning because they understand that their parents do not want monstrous, seemingly unintelligent children like them, so they do something about it. They show their parents their true intelligence because they empathize with the struggles the parents are facing. In turn, the parents do not empathize with the children at all. The parents are unaccepting of the children because they are different and they never put themselves in their