Future Themes In Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron

Kurt Vonnegut, wrote “Harrison Bergeron” wrote a story in 1961, but about the story place in 2081 predicting about how future could turn out to be during in that time, and how he felt worried about what was going with the conflict with America and Russia going against each other. This story is based on the events of the cold war and the civil rights movement to have a great idea to write Harrison Bergeron and its future theme. The Author is explaining about equality and how people don’t work with equality and goes against it, such as people didn’t get along because of their skin color or because they are better than the other person. The technology that was developing in 1961 by both super powers that the Author was new to see for himself which made the handicaps for people that was forced to use in the story. During in 1960`s there was a problem with equality that had a different group of people with talent was not allowed to be in schools with other kids because they are smarter than them, which in the story of Harrison Bergeron people can`t not use their talent or …show more content…
That everyone can show their talents and have no control us how to use our talents and we can use them because it`s our right. In the story it sounded the government didn’t want to handle any chaos from people, so they use technology to use against on people and that was going with America with Russia they we`re making things to go against each other. The spread of communism was going throughout the world, so author thought maybe in 2081 everyone will be control and believe in one thing, which he thought everyone will believe in communism, plus America and Russia was having conflicts to see who is better. Today people are equal as humans and we have the same rights and can believe and use our talents with