“They existed only to serve the state. They were conceived in controlled Palaces of Mating. They died in the Home of the Useless. From cradle to grave, the crowd was one- the great WE” (Rand). In this passage, one sees that society consists of a utopia that seems perfect to the citizens of the society, but in reality represents a controlled dystopia. Also in both of the stories their communities have rules to keep organization but one person chooses to rebel against the rules. Both Anthem written by Ayn Rand and “ Harrison Bergeron” composed by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. involve the act of imposing guideline on their societies. First of all both stories acquire a technique to eliminate uniqueness in their civilizations. For instance “It was that the
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Such as what is shown in Anthem, “ ‘So you think that you found a new power,’ said Collective 0-0009. ‘Do all your brothers think that?’ ‘No’, we answered. ‘What is not thought by all men cannot be true,’ said Collective 0-0009.(...) ‘What is not done collectively cannot be good,’ said International 1-5537” (Rand 73). The people in the Anthem community make their people such as Equality feel insignificant for individual work, on the other hand, the society is able to control by rewarding group effort. Furthermore, one can see in the other selection that advantages are turned into disadvantages, “ And to offset his good looks, the H-G men required that he wear at all times a red rubber ball for a nose, keep his eyebrows shaved off, and cover his even white teeth with black caps at snaggle-tooth random. ‘If you see this boy,’ said the ballerina, ‘do not - I repeat, do not - try to reason with him’” (Vonnegut 3). Therefore the narrator uses the flaws of Harrison Bergeron to show the people in the community that because of the difference he is dreadful and others should not be like him. Without a doubt both societies seek out and punish those outside of social norms, which helps them to govern
Such as what is shown in Anthem, “ ‘So you think that you found a new power,’ said Collective 0-0009. ‘Do all your brothers think that?’ ‘No’, we answered. ‘What is not thought by all men cannot be true,’ said Collective 0-0009.(...) ‘What is not done collectively cannot be good,’ said International 1-5537” (Rand 73). The people in the Anthem community make their people such as Equality feel insignificant for individual work, on the other hand, the society is able to control by rewarding group effort. Furthermore, one can see in the other selection that advantages are turned into disadvantages, “ And to offset his good looks, the H-G men required that he wear at all times a red rubber ball for a nose, keep his eyebrows shaved off, and cover his even white teeth with black caps at snaggle-tooth random. ‘If you see this boy,’ said the ballerina, ‘do not - I repeat, do not - try to reason with him’” (Vonnegut 3). Therefore the narrator uses the flaws of Harrison Bergeron to show the people in the community that because of the difference he is dreadful and others should not be like him. Without a doubt both societies seek out and punish those outside of social norms, which helps them to govern