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"’You're a gloomy old duck, aren't you?’ said the orderly.
‘Is that a crime?’ said the painter.” (Vonnegut, 4)
The painter is a very negative person and has no problem showing it. He symbolizes negativity for all the negativity he has.

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“It was the telephone number of an institution whose fanciful sobriquets included: ‘Automat,’ ‘Birdland,’ ‘Cannery,’ ‘Catbox,’ ‘De-louser,’ ‘Easy-go,’ ‘Good-by, Mother,’ ‘Happy Hooligan,’ ‘Kiss-me-quick,’ ‘Lucky Pierre,’ ‘Sheepdip,’ ‘Waring Blendor,’ ‘Weep-no-more’ and ‘Why Worry?’" (Vonnegut, 4)
The names are childish and mock death. Cat boxes are where cats use the restroom and the people who die there are basically cat poop.

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“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)
This song is showing that death is more of a joke to the bureau and isn’t taken seriously. This symbolizes what little death really means in this world.

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"’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. The zero in the telephone number he pronounced ‘naught.’
The number was: ‘2 B R 0 2 B.’" (Vonnegut, 4)
Being symbolizes living, so not being would mean dying. The number in and of itself is live or die and when dialed ways to die are given. This phone number symbolizes death almost in a mocking manner.

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"’What's your idea of what life looks like?’ said the orderly.
The painter gestured at a foul drop cloth. ‘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)
Drop cloths are dirty, covered with paint and oil, walled on by the painter. Life is messy and dirty and the artist wanted to show that by using the drop cloth to symbolize life.

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One of the themes of “2BR02” is people will do crazy things for love. “The law said that no newborn child could survive unless the parents of the child could find someone who would volunteer to die. Triplets, if they were all to live, called for three volunteers.” (Vonnegut, 7) A man and woman were told they were going to have triplets but in this world for every child one person has to die and they only had one person ready to die for their children. This obviously makes the parents worried and angry because they might have to choose which child will have to live which ones will die. That is very clearly horrible and unjust. “The smile faded as he saw that Wehling had just drawn a revolver.
Wehling shot Dr. Hitz dead. ‘There's room for one—a great big one,’ he said.
And then he shot Leora Duncan. ‘It's only death,’ he said to her as she fell. ‘There! Room for two.’
And then he shot himself, making room for all three of his children.” (Vonnegut, 9) The father risked his life for all three of his children and the grandfather who was prepared to die for his grandkids. He was willing to commit a murder-suicide for his family. That is a crazy act done for love.