“All Men are Created Equal” Kurt Vonnegut saw forced equality around him and wanted to write about how it affected the society around him. He saw countries like the USSR adopt a society that where there was not any classes. Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron is a satire story set in 2081, where everyone is considered to be equal in physical attributes. The main attributes that are being targeted in the story are intelligence, strength, and beauty. Would everyone being equal lead to a bad thing?
In the 2081 society, the meaning of handicapping someone was to downgrade the human’s psychical attributes that are better than the normals of the society. The norms of the society were people like Harrison’s mom that had “perfectly average intelligence” …show more content…
The passing of these amendments required people to be in charge of keeping everyone ‘equal’. They are called handicap generals which are considered to be the normal of the society. None of them are wearing handicap equipment and are forcing others to not use what they were giving to fullest. These amendments forced those better than others to wear ‘handicap’ equipment.
Now everyone may be considered equally in psychical attributes, but there is still someone running the show. They are able to keep people from breaking the law and taking off their handicap restraints. So everyone really is not equal. Equality would have to be about everyone also getting the same rights as others. People were being forced to not use what god has given them. Like Hazel says “He tried to do the best he could with what god gave him,” (page 1389) which means some are religious just can not express …show more content…
He was taken away from his parents for plotting to overthrow the government. Hazel and George were not able to come to realization of what actually was happening since they could not think about what was going. Hazel, his mom was crying, but she could not remember why she was. Harrison was a special person, he was way more intelligent, stronger, and better looking than any of the normals in the society. George, Harrison’s father had bags around his neck that keep him from being stronger than others. He also has an earpiece in his ear that blast sounds into his ear to keep him from thinking about something for a long amount of time. He still thought about things.
The society is being brought down to their lowest level of the attribute. All announcers had a speech impediment. He could not even say ladies and gentlemen, but he also does not have any handicap on him to make him possibly talk better to reach the normal people. Handicapping the smartest and strongest and make their society look weak and have dumb people represent them, instead of the
In the 2081 society, the meaning of handicapping someone was to downgrade the human’s psychical attributes that are better than the normals of the society. The norms of the society were people like Harrison’s mom that had “perfectly average intelligence” …show more content…
The passing of these amendments required people to be in charge of keeping everyone ‘equal’. They are called handicap generals which are considered to be the normal of the society. None of them are wearing handicap equipment and are forcing others to not use what they were giving to fullest. These amendments forced those better than others to wear ‘handicap’ equipment.
Now everyone may be considered equally in psychical attributes, but there is still someone running the show. They are able to keep people from breaking the law and taking off their handicap restraints. So everyone really is not equal. Equality would have to be about everyone also getting the same rights as others. People were being forced to not use what god has given them. Like Hazel says “He tried to do the best he could with what god gave him,” (page 1389) which means some are religious just can not express …show more content…
He was taken away from his parents for plotting to overthrow the government. Hazel and George were not able to come to realization of what actually was happening since they could not think about what was going. Hazel, his mom was crying, but she could not remember why she was. Harrison was a special person, he was way more intelligent, stronger, and better looking than any of the normals in the society. George, Harrison’s father had bags around his neck that keep him from being stronger than others. He also has an earpiece in his ear that blast sounds into his ear to keep him from thinking about something for a long amount of time. He still thought about things.
The society is being brought down to their lowest level of the attribute. All announcers had a speech impediment. He could not even say ladies and gentlemen, but he also does not have any handicap on him to make him possibly talk better to reach the normal people. Handicapping the smartest and strongest and make their society look weak and have dumb people represent them, instead of the