Player Piano

by

Kurt Vonnegut

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The Player Piano

The player piano—which sits in the bar Paul often visits in Homestead—symbolizes the strange connection that exists between humans and machines. Although machines have replaced so many people in the workforce, they wouldn’t even exist…

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The Farm

The farm that Paul buys symbolizes how life would be if society hadn’t made so much technological progress. Because its original owner stipulated in his will that the property had to stay exactly the way…

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