How will our future be affected by the rapid growth of technology? Well the two short stories, “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr and “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benét. both deal with this topic.The story “By the Waters of Babylon” was written by Stephen Vincent Benét around the time of WWII. With “By the Waters of Babylon” by Benét being written at this time makes a very ominous tone. Where “Harrison Bergeron” is set in 2081 and was written in the late 1940’s.The two stories “By the Waters of Babylon” by Benét and “Harrison Bergeron” by Vincent Jr. both have similar yet different views on technology; In this essay the two stories will be compared and contrasted on their views of the future, There warnings for the future,
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Well in the story”Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. tackles this head on. The government in the world of “Harrison Bergeron” that Vonnegut Jr. achieved all this equality by:”All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of the agents of the United States Handicapper General.”(38) and how the Handicapper General had to manipulate everyone to believe her.The handicaps it talks about are like a headset that interrupts smart peoples thought with a noise about every twenty seconds, and by putting weights on strong people. Unlike “Harrison Bergeron by Vonnegut Jr. the story “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benét his story is set after a nuclear war. The people in this story are either a new species of human or just are really not the smartest of people because of how they describe what happened as,”...broken in the time of the Great Burning when the fire fell out of the sky.”(315). The great Burning is the day the nuke nuclear war happened and them not really knowing sets an ominous tone in the story because the reader has to try to figure it out on their …show more content…
I would rather live in the world of,”By the Waters of Babylon” that Stephen Vincent Benét created. One reason I chose Benét’s world of Vonnegut Jr.’s is it brings you back to a time of adventure that our society as a whole missed out on. The second reason I would live in “By the Waters of Babylon” by Benét is that if I lived in “Harrison Bergeron” By Vonnegut Jr. is that I would most likely be handicapped. So that's why I would rather live in “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benét over that of “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut
Well in the story”Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. tackles this head on. The government in the world of “Harrison Bergeron” that Vonnegut Jr. achieved all this equality by:”All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of the agents of the United States Handicapper General.”(38) and how the Handicapper General had to manipulate everyone to believe her.The handicaps it talks about are like a headset that interrupts smart peoples thought with a noise about every twenty seconds, and by putting weights on strong people. Unlike “Harrison Bergeron by Vonnegut Jr. the story “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benét his story is set after a nuclear war. The people in this story are either a new species of human or just are really not the smartest of people because of how they describe what happened as,”...broken in the time of the Great Burning when the fire fell out of the sky.”(315). The great Burning is the day the nuke nuclear war happened and them not really knowing sets an ominous tone in the story because the reader has to try to figure it out on their …show more content…
I would rather live in the world of,”By the Waters of Babylon” that Stephen Vincent Benét created. One reason I chose Benét’s world of Vonnegut Jr.’s is it brings you back to a time of adventure that our society as a whole missed out on. The second reason I would live in “By the Waters of Babylon” by Benét is that if I lived in “Harrison Bergeron” By Vonnegut Jr. is that I would most likely be handicapped. So that's why I would rather live in “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benét over that of “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut