Harrison Bergeron
In Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut writes a short story about an american dystopia of the future. This short story is a satire and work of black humor. His tone throughout the story is sarcastic and sardonic and he also displays a dry witty sense of humor he adopts the same tone throughout the story even though he is talking about a dangerous and worrying situation. He uses satire to point out the absurdity of a society where everything is controlled, “The year was 2081 and everyone was finally equal.” The use of the word finally hints at sarcasm and his dry tone implies the absurdity of everyone being equal because obviously, they can't be.
Another example of his dry wit and sarcasm setting the tone is his comment, “Some …show more content…
Another literary technique that the author uses is irony. In this story it was used to represent all the faults and inequalities in the dystopian society. For example Diana Moon Glampers. She was living in a so-called equal society but ironically, she, and the HG Men were treated differently, with no restraints. Therefore, they were not handicapped like the people they were actually forcing restraints on. Furthermore, the use of masks is also an example of irony, they were supposed to hide beauty, however they failed in this because they uglier the mask you wore, the more beautiful you were on the
In Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut writes a short story about an american dystopia of the future. This short story is a satire and work of black humor. His tone throughout the story is sarcastic and sardonic and he also displays a dry witty sense of humor he adopts the same tone throughout the story even though he is talking about a dangerous and worrying situation. He uses satire to point out the absurdity of a society where everything is controlled, “The year was 2081 and everyone was finally equal.” The use of the word finally hints at sarcasm and his dry tone implies the absurdity of everyone being equal because obviously, they can't be.
Another example of his dry wit and sarcasm setting the tone is his comment, “Some …show more content…
Another literary technique that the author uses is irony. In this story it was used to represent all the faults and inequalities in the dystopian society. For example Diana Moon Glampers. She was living in a so-called equal society but ironically, she, and the HG Men were treated differently, with no restraints. Therefore, they were not handicapped like the people they were actually forcing restraints on. Furthermore, the use of masks is also an example of irony, they were supposed to hide beauty, however they failed in this because they uglier the mask you wore, the more beautiful you were on the