Harrison Bergeroen or 2081 has an interesting concept that mainly focuses about equality in the society. People must be forced to be equal to one another in their appearances, behaviors, and achievements by using physical and mental handicaps. The purpose is to protect the self-esteem of less-beautiful, less-talented, less intelligent people, so that those who exceed the standard would not be able to threat or hurt others. After I read the story, the first set of questions that came to my mind are that, How does Diana Moon Glampers or the government define the “standards” of “beauty”? How do the average-looking people look like? Fat, skinny, pale, dark, short, tall, which one of these is considered as beauty? Are those beautiful women happy
…show more content…
I think his character well reflects the fact in real life. This fourteen-year-old boy turns out to be so scary as the government made him out to be. I wonder that Harrison was a crazy power jerk before being arrested and punished by the government, or the punishment itself turned him into such a monster. This makes me think that there is Harrison Bergeron deep down inside everyone, waiting to be pushed far enough that can you break the bonds. Vonnegut used to suggest that “ behind every mom n’ pop shop is the desire to become Wal-Mart.”, which I strongly agree with. It is clear that, carrying around three hundred pounds of scrap metal is not going to weaken you down. It’s eventually going to make you that much stronger. In real life, we often see young criminal commit a crime. According to Kom Chat Luek newspaper, a young boy confessed that he killed his father, mother and younger brother. He told that he received too much pressure on education from his parents. As we can see, putting too much pressure over others can result in brutal way. Setting high expectations for kids isn't necessarily a bad thing. But how lofty these goals are has to depend on how your child is responding to them. "Parents want kids to succeed and do well but when they get overly involved and pressure kids they lose sight of the negative impact it has on a child," says Robi Ludwig, Psy.D., Care.com parenting expert. That negative impact can be anything from kids having nightmares, developing an OCD, pulling out their own hair, turning to drugs, seeking out underachieving friends or putting added pressure on themselves to please parents. Hence, "Act as a 'supporter' rather than a 'pusher'.". This could help, not only kids but also people, to be the best version of
I think his character well reflects the fact in real life. This fourteen-year-old boy turns out to be so scary as the government made him out to be. I wonder that Harrison was a crazy power jerk before being arrested and punished by the government, or the punishment itself turned him into such a monster. This makes me think that there is Harrison Bergeron deep down inside everyone, waiting to be pushed far enough that can you break the bonds. Vonnegut used to suggest that “ behind every mom n’ pop shop is the desire to become Wal-Mart.”, which I strongly agree with. It is clear that, carrying around three hundred pounds of scrap metal is not going to weaken you down. It’s eventually going to make you that much stronger. In real life, we often see young criminal commit a crime. According to Kom Chat Luek newspaper, a young boy confessed that he killed his father, mother and younger brother. He told that he received too much pressure on education from his parents. As we can see, putting too much pressure over others can result in brutal way. Setting high expectations for kids isn't necessarily a bad thing. But how lofty these goals are has to depend on how your child is responding to them. "Parents want kids to succeed and do well but when they get overly involved and pressure kids they lose sight of the negative impact it has on a child," says Robi Ludwig, Psy.D., Care.com parenting expert. That negative impact can be anything from kids having nightmares, developing an OCD, pulling out their own hair, turning to drugs, seeking out underachieving friends or putting added pressure on themselves to please parents. Hence, "Act as a 'supporter' rather than a 'pusher'.". This could help, not only kids but also people, to be the best version of