1. Kurt Vonnegut’s short story, Harrison Bergeron, is set in 2081 and conveys an egalitarian regime that implements total equality among its nations people through handicapping its citizens. The handicapping is handled by the United States Handicapper General and are given authority through the 211th, 212th, 213th amendments to administer handicaps to ensure no one is more intelligent, beautiful, or physically stronger than anyone else. Both Chandler Tuttle and Bruce Pittman take their stylistic turns in adapting the short story in their own way. Given that opportunity to have a longer runtime, Pittman’s 1995 feature film, is allowed to better introduce the setting that the secret elite have imposed on the citizens. Everything is made up to look like it was in the 1950s. Phillipa explains, “Everything is intentional. America was happiest in the 1950s and …after the revolution
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In the Vonnegut’s short story, Harrison comes off most prominently as a Magician archetype. His physical and mental prowess sets him far above even the non-handicapped people who are in charge of the nation. His transcendent knowledge can see past the horrible things the Handicapper General implements on the nations people and has insight on correcting the matter. However, the magician cannon act without warrior energy. Harrison conveys his positive warrior energy with actively trying to save the nations people. In both the adaptations and short story, Harrison is self-sacrificing in his ideals and strategically plans ways to present his insight to his people. Harrison can be perceived as having some king archetype because he claims to becoming the emperor in both Vonnegut’s short story and Tuttle’s adaptation. Harrison’s king archetype can be seen as a more of a positive trait since he comes with a benevolent ideal to overthrow the government. The lover archetype only truly gets revealed with Pittman’s film. Harrison is revealed as a caring soul that is able to love and appreciate
In the Vonnegut’s short story, Harrison comes off most prominently as a Magician archetype. His physical and mental prowess sets him far above even the non-handicapped people who are in charge of the nation. His transcendent knowledge can see past the horrible things the Handicapper General implements on the nations people and has insight on correcting the matter. However, the magician cannon act without warrior energy. Harrison conveys his positive warrior energy with actively trying to save the nations people. In both the adaptations and short story, Harrison is self-sacrificing in his ideals and strategically plans ways to present his insight to his people. Harrison can be perceived as having some king archetype because he claims to becoming the emperor in both Vonnegut’s short story and Tuttle’s adaptation. Harrison’s king archetype can be seen as a more of a positive trait since he comes with a benevolent ideal to overthrow the government. The lover archetype only truly gets revealed with Pittman’s film. Harrison is revealed as a caring soul that is able to love and appreciate