Imagine a world where everyone is being constantly watched by the government through hidden cameras in everyone’s own house and the only source of news comes straight from the government. People’s only source of news is controlled and regulated to make society comply with the government no matter what. That was an example of a dystopia, dystopias are societies that usually are futuristic and an illusion of a perfect society made by several things. Corporate, religious, technological, and bureaucratic control are the big 4 types of dystopian societies. There are three things that control people the most in dystopian societies. Dystopian societies include bureaucratic control, technological control, and propaganda that all take away people’s
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Propaganda in dystopias take away people’s own ideas and thoughts and they are practically force-fed the government’s ideas. In Harrison Bergeron propaganda plays a big role because everyone thought that their society was equal but it wasn’t. A quote in Harrison Bergeron is, “‘If I tried to get away with [taking off handicaps] it,’ said George, ‘then other people’d get away with it-and pretty soon we’d be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else. You wouldn’t like that, would you?’,” (Vonnegut 2). This shows how misled this society is. The members of this society are all compliant with everything the Handicapper General, Diana Moon Glampers says. Even George, a very smart person believes in the propaganda. The propaganda takes away people’s own thoughts and replaces them with the thoughts that the government wants them to think is the truth. In Harrison Bergeron, the government convinced everybody that the days without handicaps where people were individuals with strengths and weaknesses were the “dark ages.” The government also made handicaps seem like a fun thing that everyone has so everybody was content. Harrison Bergeron has a quote that says, “‘Well-maybe make ‘em real loud,’ said Hazel. ‘I think I’d make a good Handicapper General.’,” (Vonnegut 2). This quote is a great example of the effect of propaganda. The Handicapper General is in charge of crippling, impairing, and demobilizing people, yet Hazel still looks up to the H-G. Hazel has a shallow mind so she is easily manipulated by the government into thinking everything is going great and there is not a problem to worry about. This shows that Hazel aspires to be a Handicapper General because of the propaganda. In dystopias, propaganda takes away one’s original ideas and
Propaganda in dystopias take away people’s own ideas and thoughts and they are practically force-fed the government’s ideas. In Harrison Bergeron propaganda plays a big role because everyone thought that their society was equal but it wasn’t. A quote in Harrison Bergeron is, “‘If I tried to get away with [taking off handicaps] it,’ said George, ‘then other people’d get away with it-and pretty soon we’d be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else. You wouldn’t like that, would you?’,” (Vonnegut 2). This shows how misled this society is. The members of this society are all compliant with everything the Handicapper General, Diana Moon Glampers says. Even George, a very smart person believes in the propaganda. The propaganda takes away people’s own thoughts and replaces them with the thoughts that the government wants them to think is the truth. In Harrison Bergeron, the government convinced everybody that the days without handicaps where people were individuals with strengths and weaknesses were the “dark ages.” The government also made handicaps seem like a fun thing that everyone has so everybody was content. Harrison Bergeron has a quote that says, “‘Well-maybe make ‘em real loud,’ said Hazel. ‘I think I’d make a good Handicapper General.’,” (Vonnegut 2). This quote is a great example of the effect of propaganda. The Handicapper General is in charge of crippling, impairing, and demobilizing people, yet Hazel still looks up to the H-G. Hazel has a shallow mind so she is easily manipulated by the government into thinking everything is going great and there is not a problem to worry about. This shows that Hazel aspires to be a Handicapper General because of the propaganda. In dystopias, propaganda takes away one’s original ideas and