Kurt Vonnegut's Short Stories
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Why would the painter refer to the "Service" woman's dress as "the colour of grapes on Judgement Day"?
Why would the painter refer to the "Service" woman's dress as "the colour of grapes on Judgement Day"?
The Happy Garden of Life depicts an impossibly formal, well-tended garden that is a metaphor for the world. Every body is interchangeable in the painting; in fact, they have already been painted. He merely fills in the blank circles above them with faces, which again evokes the theme of a lack of individuality. Through population control, people's lives are pruned like branches by gas chamber hostesses like Leora Duncan.
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