Literary Analysis Of Harrison Bergeron

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In collection one of the class text book there were some great stories, but the top three stories must go to The Sniper, The Most Dangerous Game and Harrison Bergeron. This literary analysis will be comparing the stories character, conflict, and setting. In the stories, the character has a lot of differences but also have a lot of similarities. The difference between the stories is what the character are fighting for, the stories characters is fighting for them self. The sniper in the sniper is fighting to free Ireland form the British. In the Most Dangerous Game Rainsford is fighting to get away for the general. Also Harrison in the story Harrison Bergeron is fighting for his abelites. But these characters

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