Harrison Bergeron Individualism

“It was when I read the first of the book I found In my house, that I saw the word I”(98). It was that moment that Equality 7-2521 realized that he knew and discovered freedom and the word “I”, Also characters in Ayn Rand’s Anthem and Kurt Vonnegut's “Harrison Bergeron” set their freedom and escape by going to journey and figuring out thing that they don't know about their society.The ways that their dystopian societies affected them on their escape is that first of all, their society is really bad because there is no individualism and its dystopia which makes them lead their journey to escaping the society have.They’re lead to escape the society is that being brave, standing up for yourself, and lastly have a trust on yourself that you can …show more content…
Harrison Bergeron did the same thing; he said that take off their handicaps to the ballerina.Since in both stories they can’t have individualism or freedom.The collectivists of these ideas the handicapper general and the world Council of Vocations are taking away their citizens freedom. Although both characters break free of the curse, Harrison Bergeron may have failed and died, but he shows to the people that be yourself and don't ever let them take your rights to be free. Also Equality discovered his word and went against the dystopian society to create his utopian society for himself.”I shall break all the chains of the earth, and raze the cities of the enslaved, and my home will become the capital of a world where each man will be free to exist for his own sake” (104). Also I think that the quote “ We must learn to live together as brothers or we will perish together as fools.” can relate to Anthem and “Harrison Bergeron” story because if they don't live together as brother and don't respect each other rights there is no world peace and the word “WE” should not exist, and what would happen is that they still have a bad society like they do