Kurt Vonnegut Analysis

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Although a utopia is generally thought of as a precursor to a dystopia, the two are one in the same. This is seen across literary works and in reality because both utopia and dystopia always disregard human nature by forcefully stripping civilians of their freedoms, personal life, individuality, personal ambitions, personal interests, and desire for instant gratification. This pattern is seen throughout Kurt Vonnegut’s “2BR02B”, and “Player Piano”, as well as in Ayn Rand’s “Anthem”, this is also seen in several 20th and 21st century socialist, fascist, and communist countries throughout the world. Vonnegut’s short story “2BR02B” is a prime example of a socialist utopia. Vonnegut depicts a world that strictly enforces population control, a method of controlling civilians by regulating how many there can be at any …show more content…
In all three societies the members sole function is to serve the community. In “2BR02B”, the family was stripped of their personal freedoms and the husband resorted in violence to ensure his kids could be born. In “Anthem”, the civilians all display a collectivist mentality where it seems as though there sole purpose is none other than to fulfill a function in a community that is technologically primitive because of its own regulation. And, “Player Piano” depicts a fascist dystopia in which an uncrossable barrier separated the poor and the rich. In the novel, a corporatized government controlled the means of production as well as the masses. All three societies are fundamentally flawed because they defy human nature. These utopias are fundamentally flawed from the beginning and in fact are the same as dystopias because they expect their citizens to defy their own human nature and give up their freedoms, liberties, passions, desires, and goals to be controlled and taken advantage of by a government that kills dissenters and forces change at the equivalent of
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