... sacks of birdshot to weigh them down. Thus, in the race of life, all Americans are handicapped so that no one must ever feel ugly, stupid, or "like something the cat dragged in."" Diana Moon Glampers is the Handicapper General, whose job is to track down violators of the law and rid society of those who menace the average, the inadequate ... defy the laws of gravity by seeming to float as easily as he was able to toss aside his shackles and handicaps. Vonnegut's outstanding stylistic trait is his use of black humor "humor that relies on the use of darker, more pessimistic, even depressi...

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