Ballerina

where the man stood in society, a loner with a mind of his own which led to the misfortunate consequence of being sent to a psychiatric center. However, in Harrison Bergeron, the public seemed to be the protagonist while the rebels, Harrison and the ballerina, create an impression of an antagonist. Whereas in, the Pedestrian, the man was the prevailing character, a protagonist. The mood is the cause, for it can determine how the readers view the story. The mood of Harrison Bergeron was naivety…

be a symbol of grace-- a ballerina-- a popular choice among girls. Although her dream didn’t come true, she was led down another path which led her to happiness. The star of Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and many more was born Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston on May 4th, 1929 to Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, and a daughter of a wealthy family, Baroness Ella Van Heemstra. She also had two older half-brothers, who she loved dearly. Her dreams of becoming a ballerina began during her last…

and a shorter torso; it is hard to be compared to the prima ballerinas. When I was 15 years old, this took a huge toll on my confidence as I was receiving constant comments from my teacher to go on a diet and to exercise more. I began to drown in my own pity of self-consciousness as I felt like I was a horrible dancer. It was not until this year that I have grown comfortable in my body, and accepted the fact that I am not prima ballerina, but simply someone who loves to…

He then goes to describe the ballerinas and their various handicaps. He begins by explaining how they were not very good at dancing, there were no better than anybody else would have been. Their dancing is limited because they have different weighted sacks and they had to wear masks so…

major themes of this story is human equality. No one is to be prettier, stronger, or smarter than anyone else in society. The “Handicapper General” (Vonnegut) makes sure of that in the story. One evening Hazel and George were watching television and ballerinas came out on the screen and danced. Hazel said, “That was a real pretty dance, that dance they just did.” Although the dance was pretty, you couldn’t tell if the dancers were pretty because they had to wear mask and they were also wearing…

George and Hazel’s fourteen-year old son Harrison had to wear a red rubber ball for a nose, keep his eyebrows shaved off, and cover his white teeth with black caps as his snaggle-tooth to hide his pure beauty. The ballerina that was televising that Harrison had escaped from jail explained, “He is a genius and an athlete, is under-handicapped, and should be regarded as extremely dangerous.” (Vonnegut, p. 1182). In Carl Mowery’s article “Short Stories for Students” he…

“ I'm not pretty enough, not smart enough, not strong enough. I just wish we could all be exact equals.” Well do you really? In the short dystopian fiction story Harrison Bergeron, written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. We get a look at what a society would look like if all people were forced to be equal in every possible way. We also witness what happens when a young man named Harrison Bergeron breaks free from his handicaps. Harrison Bergeron was a hero for trying to show the citizens of this society…

amendments and “shoots Harrison and the ballerina dead in two shots” (Vonnegut 235) as punishment for removing his handicaps. The middle rungs of the ladder are the government created ‘average’ people who wear physical handicaps to make all them “equal in every which way” (Vonnegut 232) to their peers. For example, a “little mental handicap radio” was placed in George’s ear to keep him “from taking unfair advantage of his brain” (Vonnegut 232) and the beautiful ballerinas “were burdened with…

Aristotle once said, “The worst form of inequality, is trying to make unequal things equal.” A major example of this concept of inequality displays itself through humans. Although people may seem similar and equal, each personality and talent differs from one another. Now one might wonder what it would be like if every single person were truly equal. This theme is developed in the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, and also in the film 2081 directed by Chandler Tuttle. Tuttle’s…

Assignment 5: Long Paper 1 According to Aristotle, the best life to live is a life of pursuing knowledge. Not only pursuing it but understanding it too. Virtue is a very important aspect that one needs to consider when trying to live an all around good life. As a writer named Christine puts it: Like others before him, such as Socrates and Plato, Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who was interested in the best way to live a good life and to cultivate virtue. In particular, he believed virtue to…