What ironic contrast does Vonnegut include in this
scene?
George tells his wife to forget sad things, but
readers would expect George and Hazel to
want to remember their son.
George is smarter than Hazel, but neither of
them can remember what they just watched
on television.
Readers would expect a sad ending to the
story, but instead it ends on a positive note.
Hazel says that everything is "mixed up in her
mind," but the reader knows that she is
actually much smarter than she thinks.