Do you have what it takes? What it takes to step up against an opposing crowd of people? Thousands of people? It takes real strength to question what has always been. It takes bravery to speak up about the changes you want to happen. It takes a logical mindset and good morality to realize the wrongs in our own dystopia. As we go in further, we see the characters from Fahrenheit 451, Montag and Clarisse and in “Harrison Bergeron” Harrison, all share one characteristic that could never be taken away from them. Curiosity and the ability to question why and how the way things are.
In the distorted world by Kurt Vonnegut “Harrison Bergeron”, we see that everyone was finally equal to each other. It shows how creative, attractive and smart people are forced to wear handicaps to prevent them …show more content…
They know authorities won’t back down and show pity. The authorities will do it to show others what not to do in order to not cross the line. Hitler did a fantastic job at keeping the Germans in line like little children in The Book Thief. Hitler’s loyal men force citizens to join the Nazi Party and stomp on Jews whenever they please. Although it didn’t please everyone. Hans and Rosa Hubermann indeed broke the rules and helped a Jewish. They still feared of being taken away. This helped Liesel realize what the Great Fuhrer had been doing to them for twelve years, but Liesel found a way out with the help of books. Along with Montag.
“We have everything we need to be happy, but we are not happy. Something is missing. I looked around. The only thing I positively knew was gone was the books I'd burned in ten or twelve years. So I thought books might help”(Bradbury 78). When Clarisse questioned Guy’s happiness, at first, he disagreed claiming he is happy. As soon as he went home, he thought about his job, his wife, his life right now, he started questioning himself as well. Montag questioned true happiness and
In the distorted world by Kurt Vonnegut “Harrison Bergeron”, we see that everyone was finally equal to each other. It shows how creative, attractive and smart people are forced to wear handicaps to prevent them …show more content…
They know authorities won’t back down and show pity. The authorities will do it to show others what not to do in order to not cross the line. Hitler did a fantastic job at keeping the Germans in line like little children in The Book Thief. Hitler’s loyal men force citizens to join the Nazi Party and stomp on Jews whenever they please. Although it didn’t please everyone. Hans and Rosa Hubermann indeed broke the rules and helped a Jewish. They still feared of being taken away. This helped Liesel realize what the Great Fuhrer had been doing to them for twelve years, but Liesel found a way out with the help of books. Along with Montag.
“We have everything we need to be happy, but we are not happy. Something is missing. I looked around. The only thing I positively knew was gone was the books I'd burned in ten or twelve years. So I thought books might help”(Bradbury 78). When Clarisse questioned Guy’s happiness, at first, he disagreed claiming he is happy. As soon as he went home, he thought about his job, his wife, his life right now, he started questioning himself as well. Montag questioned true happiness and