While I haven't read that story in ages, if I recall correctly, the story is very purposefully supposed to end shortly and curtly. It's sort of an allegory for the apotheosis of extraordinary persons being ended by the sometimes-forced "equality" of the modern age, and individuality being curtailed by the ever-encroaching levels of totalitarianism. 

It's a very complicated story crammed into a very short burst of words, yes, but I think it's very interesting, especially considering that most of the other things Kurt Vonnegut wrote were less straightforward and more messy.

That... doesn't sound rushed.

We had to read this story in class a few days ago: http://mrschroederhhs.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/3/4/13345850/the_birds_by_daphne_du_maurier.pdf

The end sucks. A lot.

Romeo and Juliet wasn't really THAT rushed...some parts were lengthy. I thought the story itself as sad and sweet, because Romeo thought his loved one died. Only if he waited a few more minutes....
But what baffled me was how you can love someone after a few hours of meeting each other...I mean what are they, naive middle schoolers? D:<

Ahem....I never read the book, but I know the feel on rushed endings.

Romeo and Juliet wasn't really THAT rushed...some parts were lengthy. I thought the story itself as sad and sweet, because Romeo thought his loved one died. Only if he waited a few more minutes....

But what baffled me was how you can love someone after a few hours of meeting each other...I mean what are they, naive middle schoolers? D:<

 

Ahem....I never read the book, but I know the feel on rushed endings.

That's the part where the vast majority of people misinterpret the story. All the events that befall the two are ways of the Bard displaying the punishments for naivete, hastiness, and shortsightedness of youth. 

Most people see a tragic love story, where in reality, it's actually a bitter comedy lampooning how foolish the young can be when they think they feel "love."