Vonnegut Ap Language Summary

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Vonnegut makes use of the plain and childish language in order to show how a utopia can sound good on paper, but it doesn’t end well. For example, the author uses words such as “yup” and “doozy” at the beginning of the story. Then at the end of the story, he spices it up with terms that include but aren’t limited to “flounced” and “carped”. But why were these words put in such specific places? First off, the simple words. This list contains the words similar to “yup” and “doozy”. These words are spoken by two character who are under control of a futuristic, utopian government. It is there where the reader can see why the author chose to put those words there. Vonnegut put them at the beginning of the the short story as a metaphor. The metaphor