Question

It was then that Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun. She fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor. Diana Moon Glampers loaded the gun again. She aimed it at the musicians and told them they had ten seconds to get their handicaps back on. It was then that the Bergerons' television tube burned out. In the passage, how might it be said that Vonnegut uses television to reinforce a theme within the text?.

Answer 1

Vonnegut uses television to reinforce the theme of oppressive control and the suppression of individuality in the passage.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the passage, Vonnegut uses television to reinforce the theme of oppressive control and the suppression of individuality. The character Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, uses the television tube burning out as a means to interrupt the musicians' performance and force them to put their handicaps back on. This demonstrates how the government in the story controls and limits the expression of individual talents and abilities.