George came back in ... [and] paused while a handicap signal shook him up. And then he sat down again. "You been crying?" he said to Hazel.

"Yup," she said.

"What about?" he said.

"I forget," she said. "Something real sad on television."

"What was it?" he said.

"It's all kind of mixed up in my mind," said Hazel.

"Forget sad things," said George.

"I always do," said Hazel.

-What ironic contrast does Vonnegut include in this scene?

A. George tells his wife to forget sad things, but readers would expect George and Hazel to want to remember their son.

B. George is smarter than Hazel, but neither of them can remember what they just watched on television.

C. Readers would expect a sad ending to the story, but instead it ends on a positive note.

D. Hazel says that everything is "mixed up in her mind," but the reader knows that she is actually much smarter than she thinks.

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Amanda Bowen

15 October, 15:56

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Tamara Hughes · Answer 1

The Answer is (A).

George tells his wife to forget sad things, but readers would expect George and Hazel to want to remember their son.