Harrison Bergeron Analysis

In a Dystopian world, they make you believe you’re living in a Utopian world. They control everything the citizens do, strengths, weaknesses, their intelligence. They control your looks based on how pretty you are. People that are more intelligent than average have an earpiece that goes off every twenty seconds so the don’t think too in depth. People that are stronger, faster than average are forced to carry weights everywhere they go. The prettier or handsome you are wore an uglier mask. Society made them ugly so they don’t compete against each other with looks. Because the society is forcing the citizens living in this Dystopian world in the future, people are going to try and protest like one character in the story, Harrison Bergeron. The …show more content…
In today’s world, everyone is so caught up with trying to be better than everyone else, going to extreme lengths or just wearing makeup to enhance their beauty. In the dystopian world, the prettier you are, the uglier the mask is you wear. This is connected with people who wear makeup, “the uglier you are, the more makeup you wear.” Like in the story, the ballerina had a hideous mask on so everyone knew that she was very beautiful. Another connection the Dystopian world in the story to real life is when someone breaks a law, they get punished. The punishment in the Dystopian world is far more intense. In the story, fourteen year old Harrison Bergeron, escaped jail and broke more laws. Because Harrison broke more laws and escaped jail, he got shot by Diana Moon Glampers. A quote from the passage, “It was then that Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, came into the studio with a double barreled ten-gauge shotgun. She fired twice, and the Emperor and Empress were dead before they hit the floor.” The dystopian society has to obey the rules unless they are punished for the crime they