208 Film Analysis

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In the movie 208, it shows the viewers all about how people have to wear handicaps in order to have an equal society. Harrison Bergeron is a character who refuses to wear his handicaps and is put into prison for that reason. If that type of society occurred in this year, then the society would be different because everyone would be considered equal, it will change our daily life drastically, and our thoughts on it will not be the same as the government's.

If there was a society where everyone was equal, then it would be different. Everyone is different in their own way, but with the handicaps on they will all have the same look. They will either be wearing ear pieces, or masks as a result of being too pretty or too smart. Many people would
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Our daily life now occurs by seeing different faces and being able to learn new things so that we can be even more smart a while later in life. The society that we would live in would make everyone equal and it would change our daily life drastically. Many people who are smart and go to school to improve their intelligence would have no choice but to wear ear pieces due to the fact that the government wants everyone to be equal. Those who want to wear makeup are not going to be able to because they are required to wear masks to cover up their face. Our daily life would have us being judged every day in the view of the government and it wouldn’t be a great place to have a set of rules like that. In conclusion, if we were to have a society where we would be obliged to wear handicaps, our daily lives would be changed …show more content…
Based on the movie, the society still doesn’t look quite equal. Even though they are wearing handicaps to make them equal like most of the people, they still won’t have the feeling that they are equal. In the movie, all of the ballerinas are wearing masks. That doesn’t make them equal, that just lowers their self esteem for the sake that they can’t show their natural beauty or they’ll get arrested. George Bergeron is wearing an earpiece and every time he wants to remember something he can’t or else the earpiece will begin to make loud noises. This society is a very harsh type and if this happened today there won’t be a great deal of positive attitude towards it. Like in the movie 2081, there would be many rebellions against this Amendment just like Harrison Bergeron had in the theater. Moreover , these Amendments that were passed about making the society equal isn’t actually going to make everyone feel equal, only look equal.
Nevertheless, the movie 2081 is a movie that talks about 3 Amendments that were passed, 211th, 212th, 213th, so that everyone can be considered equal. Instead of making everyone feel equal, it is making people feel judged because they are ordered to cover their natural beauty or their intelligence or their strength with handicaps so that they can make the society equal. Those who are not compelled to wear handicaps are going to feel dull or weak or ugly considering they don’t have any on. This society

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