Imagine wearing sash weights on a hot summer day. Should everyone be forced into equality? In “Harrison Bergeron,” gives an example of what life could be like in the year 2081. George and Hazel both had a high intelligence but couldn’t use it, they weren’t able to express their true beauty, and had to walk with bags weighing them down. The theme of this story is for people too see that not everyone should be treated equal in some situations. To sum up, in Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s story “Harrison Bergeron,” he describes that everyone are treated equal. The two main characters are, George and Hazel Bergeron, who are being treated as if they have something wrong with them. In all reality, they are both normal and have a high intelligence.
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is now recognized to be the most important postmodern writer.”(Vonnegut Jr., para. 1). Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and was elected to study in chemistry and biology at Cornell University. He then served in the U.S. Army during World War 2 and was one of few survivors who was forced by Germans to extract bodies from the rubble and incinerate them in massive bonfires. “As of 1977, Vonnegut 's work includes eight novels, a play and a television play, two collections of short stories, a collection of essays, and a number of uncollected shorter pieces of fiction and nonfiction” (Reed, para. 1). His best-known work is the …show more content…
George and Hazel’s fourteen-year old son Harrison had to wear a red rubber ball for a nose, keep his eyebrows shaved off, and cover his white teeth with black caps as his snaggle-tooth to hide his pure beauty. The ballerina that was televising that Harrison had escaped from jail explained, “He is a genius and an athlete, is under-handicapped, and should be regarded as extremely dangerous.” (Vonnegut, p. 1182). In Carl Mowery’s article “Short Stories for Students” he conveys, “It is ironic that there are no restrictions on the H-G nor on the H-G’s operatives”(Mowery, para. 8). This makes you wonder why the H-G men are not forced into equality like the rest of the people in the year
is now recognized to be the most important postmodern writer.”(Vonnegut Jr., para. 1). Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and was elected to study in chemistry and biology at Cornell University. He then served in the U.S. Army during World War 2 and was one of few survivors who was forced by Germans to extract bodies from the rubble and incinerate them in massive bonfires. “As of 1977, Vonnegut 's work includes eight novels, a play and a television play, two collections of short stories, a collection of essays, and a number of uncollected shorter pieces of fiction and nonfiction” (Reed, para. 1). His best-known work is the …show more content…
George and Hazel’s fourteen-year old son Harrison had to wear a red rubber ball for a nose, keep his eyebrows shaved off, and cover his white teeth with black caps as his snaggle-tooth to hide his pure beauty. The ballerina that was televising that Harrison had escaped from jail explained, “He is a genius and an athlete, is under-handicapped, and should be regarded as extremely dangerous.” (Vonnegut, p. 1182). In Carl Mowery’s article “Short Stories for Students” he conveys, “It is ironic that there are no restrictions on the H-G nor on the H-G’s operatives”(Mowery, para. 8). This makes you wonder why the H-G men are not forced into equality like the rest of the people in the year