Meaning that the story is about him or the effect he has and because he is opposing the government which is wrong he is the hero. Hero’s are put in stories to put an end to the evil or negative forces in the story. They are the person people are rooting for to win when the good vs. evil fight happens. In the story you want to root for im because of his flashy and blatant opposition of his inequitable government.Vonnegut uses this archetype because most heroes are very different from ourselves they are usually more powerful than most humans. This feature is necessary to prove that their form of “equality” is wrong. The Handicapper General is stifling the gifts that Harrison has because he is above her “average”. In life everyone is going to be different but as humans should learn to accept them not change them to fit everyone. In a hero story their are other archetypal characters the hero must face. But in “Harrison Bergeron” the archetypal “temptress” doesn’t tempt the hero like expected but a prospective rebel. The temptress in this case would Harrison’s mother, Hazel. The person who resists her charms is her husband …show more content…
The purpose of martyr’s is to rile up the population to fight against the cause they died for. While Harrison dies for what he believes in, the removal of handicaps, he hasn’t quite riled up a crowd. His mother and father were saddened at the point of his death to the point of tear but then they didn’t remember it had ever had. So any of the people who were riled into rebellion forgot as if nothing happened because of the handicap he was trying to stop. This was done purposely by Vonnegut to better define his point that handicapping people is not the answer and that true equality will not be attain this