2bro2b Kurt Vonnegut Analysis

In the story “2BRO2B” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. there is an image that comes to mind. A utopian society, “where all diseases were conquered, including old age, and that death was only for the adventurous”(Vonnegut 88). However, this could only be farther from the truth, in reality it can be seen as a dystopian society by some. “One Bright Morning in the Chicago Lying-in Hospital, an man named Edward K. Wehling Jr., waited for is wife to give birth”(Vonnegut 88). Edward was living in a society where the average age was a hundred and twenty-five. Not many people were born into the world anymore, due to the curing of old age. If someone were to have a child like Mr. Wehling someone must give up there live in order for the new life to come into existence. It should be the most exciting day of Mr. Wehlings life, however it is probably one of his worst. “The law said that no new born child could survive unless the parents of the child could find someone who would volunteer to die”(Vonnegut 92). This was done to control the population size and make sure earth never became

Wehling have? He wanted to keep all of his children but didn’t want to lose his grandfather and two of his children. Mr. Wehling did what felt right and brought his own and two other lives to an end, in order for his children to be able to live. No one came running and no one was screaming, just one person witnessed the events that took place and even he couldn’t bear life anymore. “2BRO2B” is a story that follows the story of a man named Edward K. Wehling Jr. and his beautiful new children that were soon to be born. Diseases are gone from the world and even old age has been cured. What a perfect world? However, many people fail to realize that “2BRO2B” is a dystopian society. In order for one to be born another must die. Mr. Wehling when faced with knowing how his world works and knowing that three must die for his triplets to live he kills two people and