Discrimination In Kurt Vonnegut's Welcome Of The Monkey House

If all people are created equal of being by the same creator, then. Because of these theoretical principles, it is the responsibility of those who experience human rights to advocate for the equality of being for all people. This desire for equality of being constitutes as racial equality, gender equality, or equality of opportunity among social classes. Since humanity is not created the same, humanity cannot establish a consensus regarding the moral sentiment of equality to negate the extent of endowed human rights. Therefore, humanity’s lack of sameness leads to tension in defining the extent of efforts in advocating for human rights. This tension obligates the American role in the advocation of human rights because Americans experience human

Americans who desire an equality of being also desire the removal of discrimination. Yet the complete abolition of discrimination leads to complete sameness, which demolishes the American freedoms. In Kurt Vonnegut’s short story Welcome to the Monkey House, he depicts a dystopian society whose government mandates that all people accept the equal standard of capability. To make this possible, the government required each person to accept individualized handicaps which limited their individualism; such as their intelligence, beauty, or strength to an equal standard of capacity. Vonnegut’s depiction reveals an extremity of efforts a society made to achieve total equality. However, because humanity lacks sameness, equality is not attainable. Differences within a society provides innovation; while sameness deprives society of individualism. In addition, Americans are responsible for the elimination of freedoms if they permit their government the power to enforce sameness in their effort to attain equality. Therefore, Americans must remain cognizant of the effects of their efforts while advocating for the equality of being; careful not to destroy their American