Compare And Contrast Anthem And Anthem

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Harrison and Anthem Comparison

Have you ever heard of a dystopia ? Well in Anthem and Harrison they are the true example of dystopia. They both are being controlled mentally and they have no individualism. I'm going to describe to you the ways this dystopia went. The first reason why these stories are controlled mentally is because in Harrison the way they are controlled is they have to wear handicap radios. “George was overly intelligent he had to wear a mental handicap radio he was required by law to wear “. They also had to wear bags on their head. “She must have been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore was hideous”. In Anthem they are controlled by the government because they said”it's

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