In the short story Harrison Bergeron, repent Harlequin, and in the song Handlebars they all show conformity and how the government is more controlling than ever in dystopian societies. The goal and purpose of this essay is to develop a clear position about the importance of individual-self expression in society.
The dystopian short story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut is about how the government uses handicapes to control or restrain society Harrison Bergeron who is the anti hero “tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper to show how one person needs to rebel and show how powerful people can be no matter how much you restrain them. In the story the handicaps represent how they limit society, including the ear device they were so it can flee their thoughts and cause them not to think but reallys it represents distraction about the real issues of society. The anti hero in the story Harrison Bergeron shows how controlling the government can be, and how they distract from the bad and restrains people from being the best version of themselves and self- individual self expression. …show more content…
Time symbolizes how we have turned into machines always trying to be on time and makes u forget how to be free. The millions and billions of colorful, round, smooth, and crunchy outside and soft mealy inside distracts the people who have become so focused and trapped on the idea of being on time to everything, that they forgot to have fun, the jelly beans “ filling the sky on their way down with all the colors of joy and childhood” as if they forgot about their childhood and to have fun. The anti hero in “Repent Harlequin!” said the ticktockman is Harlequin, he distracts and shows people how to live a little with the jelly beans and his silly
The dystopian short story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut is about how the government uses handicapes to control or restrain society Harrison Bergeron who is the anti hero “tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper to show how one person needs to rebel and show how powerful people can be no matter how much you restrain them. In the story the handicaps represent how they limit society, including the ear device they were so it can flee their thoughts and cause them not to think but reallys it represents distraction about the real issues of society. The anti hero in the story Harrison Bergeron shows how controlling the government can be, and how they distract from the bad and restrains people from being the best version of themselves and self- individual self expression. …show more content…
Time symbolizes how we have turned into machines always trying to be on time and makes u forget how to be free. The millions and billions of colorful, round, smooth, and crunchy outside and soft mealy inside distracts the people who have become so focused and trapped on the idea of being on time to everything, that they forgot to have fun, the jelly beans “ filling the sky on their way down with all the colors of joy and childhood” as if they forgot about their childhood and to have fun. The anti hero in “Repent Harlequin!” said the ticktockman is Harlequin, he distracts and shows people how to live a little with the jelly beans and his silly