Throughout Vonnegut's short story, "total" equality is portrayed as a negative thing. In 2081, the US Constitution has been amended numerous times to create a society where each individual is mentally and physically equal through the use of various devices that distort and handicap talented and beautiful people.
Athletically gifted individuals are forced to wear heavy, cumbersome devices that restrict their mobility, while intelligent citizens wear earphones that create high-pitched piercing sounds that disrupt their...
Throughout Vonnegut's short story, "total" equality is portrayed as a negative thing. In 2081, the US Constitution has been amended numerous times to create a society where each individual is mentally and physically equal through the use of various devices that distort and handicap talented and beautiful people.
Athletically gifted individuals are forced to wear heavy, cumbersome devices that restrict their mobility, while intelligent citizens wear earphones that create high-pitched piercing sounds that disrupt their thinking. Even beautiful citizens are forced to wear ugly masks that distort their appearance in order to make them physically equal to everyone else.
Vonnegut's story addresses equality in a unique way and challenges readers to celebrate our differences, rather than focus on artificial equality. While providing equal opportunities for every citizen is positive and appropriate, creating unfair advantages for less-qualified citizens by harming excessively talented individuals creates an issue. Vonnegut's short story takes aim at society's motivation to make everyone equal at the expense of talented, qualified, and intelligent citizens.
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