Harrison Bergeron Compare And Contrast Essay

Compair and Contrast In the stories “Harrison Bergeron” and “Everyday Use” they both are different, but they have their similarities. From reading both stories the reader can easily decipher the similarities and differences. When contrasting the two families a better way to organize them would be to how broken/dysfunctional the families are, the setting or time the stories took place and how distant or controlling the two are. In the two stories the main characters are very broken or dysfunctional. In “Everyday Use” one of the main characters; Dee, is very broken. Dee doesn't show it much but she has all of these expansive clothes and jewelry to hide the real her. Dee also asked for people to call her a different name and from anyones point of view, you could say Dee is very broken. In “Harrison Bergeron”, Harrison isn't broken at all. Where Harrison lives and the time period he lives restricts …show more content…
In “Everyday Use” the mother of Dee and Maggie was very old natured and the readers could tell that she favored Dee more but when she gave Maggie the quilts she favored Maggie more. In “Harrison Bergeron”, Harrison’s parents were still in shock of the past and couldn't be/say what they wanted. Both parents in the stories are a little controlling as well. In “Harrison Bergeron” actually get controlled but in “Everyday Use” the mother still controls Maggie. Comparing and contrasting both stories , they have a lot in common. These two stories share a lot in common in their family ways. The two families are very different but similar at the same time. The brokenness of the families in “Everyday Use” and “Harrison Bergeron” made the two alike but the setting and time the two stories were in made the two different. Lastly, how distant the parents are in the two stories made the families similar as well. The parents and characters in the stories connected in many ways and tied the two families