The short story “Harrison Bergeron is a satire that criticizes and exaggerates a potential shift in society towards egalitarianism and levelling. Satire is holding views, traditions and thoughts to scrutiny through ridicule, irony, exaggeration or humour. The author, Kurt Vonnegut, scoffs the growing tendency to think that capitalism and freedom are wrong (unjust) and that the solution is absolute equality.
Satire is generally used with the intent of mocking, shaming or outwitting cultural or popular thoughts and views into change. It can be used to describe films, literature and such that use satire in sentences like “I watched five satires this week that criticized capitalism in an extremely amusing way". Satire as an adjective (satirical)
Satire is generally used with the intent of mocking, shaming or outwitting cultural or popular thoughts and views into change. It can be used to describe films, literature and such that use satire in sentences like “I watched five satires this week that criticized capitalism in an extremely amusing way". Satire as an adjective (satirical)