Kurt Vonnegut helps create a futuristic idea of what the world could be like, and portrays it through his dystopian short story, “Harrison Bergeron”. Using Irony, simile and personification, Vonnegut enlightens readers about how power isn’t always used properly and to spread a better idea and to show that misusing power with therefore leave society worse off. Several examples of this can be found in the short story, in an effort to create a “perfect society” they blindly follow certain practices. Such as making everybody equal. The handicapper in charge of dumbing down and disabling those who are above average. It is her mission to enforce the handicap laws and create new hindrances for superior beings. The handicaps might make people equal but it takes away from the natural feelings and thoughts people
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Simile is when you compare two things together to get a better idea and picture of what you are trying to explain. An example of this, “Harrison looked like a walking junkyard.” Due to his strength, he was forced to wear various handicaps in order to make him equal with everyone else. This shows what efforts the government went to just to create the idea and to enforce the idea that everyone must be equal. He happened to be stronger and bigger than others, but just because the government had the power, they forced Harrison Bergeron to wear multiple handicaps. In today’s society this would not happen, but if ideas of equality escalate and follow blindly this could be the outcome.
Through his short story “Harrison Bergeron”, Kurt Vonnegut transforms language into irony, simile, and personification to convey that in efforts to create a “perfect society” values and morals can be misplaced and confused therefore entailing wrong uses of
Simile is when you compare two things together to get a better idea and picture of what you are trying to explain. An example of this, “Harrison looked like a walking junkyard.” Due to his strength, he was forced to wear various handicaps in order to make him equal with everyone else. This shows what efforts the government went to just to create the idea and to enforce the idea that everyone must be equal. He happened to be stronger and bigger than others, but just because the government had the power, they forced Harrison Bergeron to wear multiple handicaps. In today’s society this would not happen, but if ideas of equality escalate and follow blindly this could be the outcome.
Through his short story “Harrison Bergeron”, Kurt Vonnegut transforms language into irony, simile, and personification to convey that in efforts to create a “perfect society” values and morals can be misplaced and confused therefore entailing wrong uses of