Harrison Bergeron In the short story “Harrison Bergeron”, written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., a young man is taken away by a new government company, called Handicapper General, that wants to make everyone equal. Harrison, the young man, breaks free from jail and goes to a studio to show that he is free and wants to become the Emperor. In the movie 2081, directed by Chandler Tuttle and inspired by “Harrison Bergeron”, Harrison is five years older and goes to a theater to show his “act”. His “act” is breaking free of his restraints. Harrison shows that everyone one can be free of the handicaps that they are bound to. To prevent a revolution the Handicapper General go to the theater to stop Harrison. Harrison’s plan was to be killed by the H.G. men
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In the movie 2081, Harrison has the audience of the theater and the people watching television. When Hazel was watching the television in the short story, she forgot that even her own son had just died on screen. She knew that she was sad and should be, but why she was sad. Her forgetfulness shows that Harrison had no motive other than his own arrogance for being killed by the Handicapper General. On the contrary, Harrison did have a plan for being killed by the H.G in 2081. Instead of Hazel watching the television when Harrison was shot, it was George that watched. From the beginning of the movie when he was recalling Harrison being taken away, he can remember events that have happened. By George watching instead of Hazel, Tuttle showed that movie Harrison has an ulterior motive from story Harrison. Harrison knew that he was going to be killed for what he was doing, because of the device that would reestablish the television station feed. This shows that Harrison wanted to become a martyr for the uprising that he wanted to start. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary a martyr is “a person who is killed or who suffers greatly for a religion, cause, etc.” Harrison was a person who was killed for what he believed in. From Merriam-Webster’s definition, Harrison is truly a martyr for the cause he believed
In the movie 2081, Harrison has the audience of the theater and the people watching television. When Hazel was watching the television in the short story, she forgot that even her own son had just died on screen. She knew that she was sad and should be, but why she was sad. Her forgetfulness shows that Harrison had no motive other than his own arrogance for being killed by the Handicapper General. On the contrary, Harrison did have a plan for being killed by the H.G in 2081. Instead of Hazel watching the television when Harrison was shot, it was George that watched. From the beginning of the movie when he was recalling Harrison being taken away, he can remember events that have happened. By George watching instead of Hazel, Tuttle showed that movie Harrison has an ulterior motive from story Harrison. Harrison knew that he was going to be killed for what he was doing, because of the device that would reestablish the television station feed. This shows that Harrison wanted to become a martyr for the uprising that he wanted to start. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary a martyr is “a person who is killed or who suffers greatly for a religion, cause, etc.” Harrison was a person who was killed for what he believed in. From Merriam-Webster’s definition, Harrison is truly a martyr for the cause he believed