Animal Farm And Harrison Bergeron

The concerning issue of equality is an extremely complex topic that is difficult to define. After reading four different pieces of literature, we have discovered that each piece has a different view on how to achieve true equality. The first piece of literature that we read was Animal Farm, which displayed an allegory of the Russian Revolution. This novel used animals to symbolize the Russian communist party, and like the Russian party, the animals had a cruel dictator. Over the course of this novel, equality was never consistent, as the animals’ rights were continuously changed to put certain animals above others. In the beginning, the animals had the simple dream of overthrowing an unreasonable dictatorship. They wanted to create a utopian society where everyone was equal, but overall, the animals just made an already harsh society worse. Now, certain animals are considered higher than others, and have been given more rights as well. The next piece of literature was a short story called “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut. The author uses satire to express his feelings towards equality. This story takes place in the year 2081, and the people believe that the government has finally achieved true equality. The government has created a world where “They were equal every …show more content…
His impactful speech uses parallelism to convey his attitude towards equality. Not only that, he also uses extended metaphors to help deliver a more powerful speech. King’s view on equality is that “America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check that has come back marked insufficient funds.” He feels like America has broken a promise that was given to the Negroes. Furthermore, he envisions a society where all people have the same “riches of freedom and security of justice.” He believes that in the end, everyone will be free and that justice will finally be