In America we have basic human rights such as being able to speak our mind. Sometimes we take simple leisures like this for granted. In the futuristic, dystopian world of “Harrison Bergeron” created by Kurt Vonnegut, citizens are controlled and weighed down by handicaps given by the government and the handicap general Diana Moon Glampers. Each person was forced to become a lesser version of themselves in order to not cause competition to each other. Harrison Bergeron is a teenager with physical and mental advantages, therefore he was given the most handicaps and was taken away from George and Hazel, his mother and father. This caused Harrison to break out of his restrictions and fight against them. This ended in him being shot and killed.
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From country to country, time period to time period, you will find that people were not treated the same even if that was being preached. With overpowering, immobilizing limitations in “Harrison Bergeron” everyone is forced to be the same in every way. This was taken to such an extreme level that if you were pretty, you had to wear a ugly mask. But the Diana Moon Glampers was the one exception to all of these rule. Therefore she had all the power to herself when she took aways people’s thoughts and opinions. On the other hand, during the Great Awakening, people were told they were all equal in the eyes of god. This was not carried out however, as slaves were not thought of as people, but as property. During this religious time, services were held, and during these, everyone was told “... the idea that all people are equal in the eyes of God(p.56 History Alive).” But the next sentence states “Ordinary people could understand God’s will if they had an open heart and the desire to know God’s truth(P.56 History Alive).” This is showing how ordinary people, were thought to be all the same, but not treated the same. Diana Moon Glampers has made herself powerful by taking all the power from the citizens. This is similar to what would happen if we let our American government take full
From country to country, time period to time period, you will find that people were not treated the same even if that was being preached. With overpowering, immobilizing limitations in “Harrison Bergeron” everyone is forced to be the same in every way. This was taken to such an extreme level that if you were pretty, you had to wear a ugly mask. But the Diana Moon Glampers was the one exception to all of these rule. Therefore she had all the power to herself when she took aways people’s thoughts and opinions. On the other hand, during the Great Awakening, people were told they were all equal in the eyes of god. This was not carried out however, as slaves were not thought of as people, but as property. During this religious time, services were held, and during these, everyone was told “... the idea that all people are equal in the eyes of God(p.56 History Alive).” But the next sentence states “Ordinary people could understand God’s will if they had an open heart and the desire to know God’s truth(P.56 History Alive).” This is showing how ordinary people, were thought to be all the same, but not treated the same. Diana Moon Glampers has made herself powerful by taking all the power from the citizens. This is similar to what would happen if we let our American government take full