Chapter 8: Rhetorical Question

“‘What are we going to do with you?’” (Vonnegut 104). Billy’s daughter is asking Billy this. This is a widely used question around my house. When anyone does something wrong, I hear my mom asking asking my siblings this question question a lot. I sometimes find myself asking the same thing to certain siblings. The question is not meant to have an answer. When one is asked this question, one knows they have done something wrong. Over the years, Billy’s daughter feels as if she has “put up” with a lot. Shes heard his fictional stories of being abducted by aliens and his new outlook on life. This leads her to ask her father, “What are we going to do with you?” The fact that his daughter is asking him this makes it seem as if he is very childlike. It seems like she treats Billy as if he is a child and does not know between right and wrong.