Kurt Vonnegut's Short Stories Lesson Plan

Why is Fuller bothered by Susanna in "Miss Temptation"? What does it say about his understanding of himself/his role in society?

Fuller is bothered about Susanna because Susanna makes him feel inadequate. Her flaunting of her sensuality reminds him of the attention he does not receive from women, and so he shames her for making him feel inadequate. He then justifies his shaming of her as a kind of moral act, one in which he is repairing some lapse in judgment by broader society. He convinces himself that he is the kind of person who speaks out against corruption when he sees it, though it is unclear what corruption specifically he sees other than Susanna making him...