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In “2BR02B”, by Kurt Vonnegut, he describes the desensitization of society. Throughout the short story, there are many examples of people who have no regard for life, with some even having the occupation of eliminating it. “ The orderly shrugged. "If you don't like it here, Grandpa—" he said, and he finished the thought with the trick telephone number that people who didn't want to live anymore were supposed to call” (Vonnegut 3). Their society has become so accustomed to the idea of death, suicide, and population control that it has become a normal, everyday occurrence that people with the “honor” of doing it are seen as heroes great enough to get paintings. In “2BR02B”, Kurt Vonnegut describes how desensitized a society surrounded by death has become.

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“Men and women in purple uniforms pulled up weeds, cut down plants that were old and sickly, raked leaves, carried refuse to trash-burners” (Vonnegut 2).

“The mural he was working on depicted a very neat garden. Men and women in white, doctors and nurses, turned the soil, planted seedlings, sprayed bugs, spread fertilizer” (Vonnegut 2).

The work that the people in purple do in the mural represents the literal work that they do for there jobs, but instead of them cleaning up the garden, it’s them cleaning up the world of people to stop it from becoming “overgrown”. This symbolizes the desensitized nature of the society if killing others can be seen as a respectable job.

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“The orderly shrugged. "If you don't like it here, Grandpa—" he said, and he finished the thought with the trick telephone number that people who didn't want to live anymore were supposed to call” (Vonnegut 4).

“The number was: "2 B R 0 2 B” (Vonnegut 4).

The name of the number, as well as the orderly’s attitude toward calling it shows how little life is valued in this society, having a number to encourage suicide rather than deter it. This symbolizes the desensitized nature of the society.

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“The painter gestured at a foul dropcloth. "There's a good picture of it," he said. "Frame that, and you'll have a picture a damn sight more honest than this one” “(Vonnegut 4).

“ The painter's face curdled with scorn. "You think I'm proud of this daub?" he said. "You think this is my idea of what life really looks like?" “ (Vonnegut 3).

The drop cloth is meant to represent the true nature of their society and how it is more comparable to a dirty rag than a mural of a garden. This comparison symbolizes the true nature of their society, hiding its dark side of assisted suicide and killing through quality of life changes.

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“A hospital orderly came down the corridor, singing under his breath a popular song:
If you don't like my kisses, honey,
Here's what I will do: I'll go see a girl in purple, Kiss this sad world toodle-oo. If you don't want my lovin', Why should I take up all this space? I'll get off this old planet, Let some sweet baby have my place” (Vonnegut 2-3).

“The painter expressed with an obscenity his lack of concern for the tribulations of his survivors” (Vonnegut 4).

The song the orderly is singing is a direct representation of the ignorance this society has towards death, as well as how little people are left that care for human life based on the painter being the only one with a disgusted reaction to that ignorance. The orderly’s song symbolizes how desensitized this society is towards death.

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“ "Nobody's really happy about taking a close relative to the Catbox," said Dr. Hitz gently, sympathetically” (Vonnegut 9).

“ "I should have said, 'Ethical Suicide Studios,'" he said” (Vonnegut 9).

The nicknames given for the gas chambers show how little is cared about the morals and ethics behind assisted suicide and population control. The nicknames and laid-back attitudes about the gas chambers symbolize how desensitized their society is.