Harrison Bergeron

tend to disregard the severe limitations. In a story called “Harrison Bergeron,” the author, Kurt Vonnegut, does just that. He portrays the several negative effects of equality that are overlooked by many. Like Vonnegut described in “Harrison Bergeron,” forced equality wastes potential, makes human life pointless, and turns people apathetic. BODY: WASTED POTENTIAL One of the points against equality that Vonnegut made in “Harrison Bergeron” was that an abundance of…

that Harrison Bergeron is a piece of anti-communist propaganda cautioning against socialism in the United States. However, a stronger argument can be made for almost the exact opposite idea. The short story is a satire that mocks America’s irrational fear of socialism. The comic details that Vonnegut adds creates an environment where nothing can be taken seriously. If we take the “hero” Harrison Bergeron as a symbol for the average American from the sixties we can see the absurdity. Harrison…

Harrison Bergeron was the only one that wasn’t equal. Dianna Moon Glampers avoided thinking about the possible corruption he could spread. And she lead the charge that put him in custody, but it was too easy. Harrison let them take him, since he intended to use his capture as a means to spread a message of hope that other could be freed. It consumed him. He knew he could break free, but his own arrogance would lead to his downfall. When they placed the guns at his head, Harrison had no choice…

is equal (but NOT in a way the people like it)? Harrison Bergeron did. He is a 14-year-old boy who lived in a dystopian world went to jail because the government considered him as a threat. Nothing stood in his way (not even 5000 pounds of metal handicaps attached onto him.) Harrison is a genius and an athlete who escaped from jail. He is so strong that he took off all of his metal handicaps by ripping them off like a wet tissue.(page 114) Harrison who claims himself as the "Emperor" is a hero…

Starting with the first sentence, the story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. already relates to today’s societal issues with equality, stating that it is now the future and equality has been met. Vonnegut starts off the sentence saying “The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal,” and I instantly began to think of today’s society and how almost every day the issue of equality is brought up, whether it be with feminism, gay marriage, etc. He then begins to explain what is so equal…

She aimed it at the musicians and told them they had ten seconds” (5). If anyone were to rebel, they would be killed. In the year 2081, everyone is equal in every single way. No one is better than anyone else. This is the short story, “Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut.” Anyone with too much power is afraid of societys true intelligents. In this short story one of the conflict. Everyone must be equal so no uniqueness is acceptable. George, one of the characters, is extremely smart. The…

and even though people had to fight to secure those rights, that begs a question. What if everyone were totally equal? Harrison Bergeron is a story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr where everyone is truly equal. Everyone is equally weak, dumb and ugly. In this story, the main character is killed after attempting to overthrow the government. Out of all of the many themes of Harrison Bergeron, including “Total government control is never good” ¨If everyone is equal, no one is unique.¨ is one of the best…

To begin with Harrison Bergeron, “he was held on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. He is a genius and an athlete…” (Pg.2), so, the civilization sees Harrison as an enormous hazard to them. For example, Harrison Bergeron was a rebellious citizen mentioned to be hazardous that managed to break out of prison. A fourteen-year-old, named Harrison Bergeron broke out of jail with the plans of plotting to overthrow the government. Then, he went on television and took off his handicap…

The story Harrison Bergeron takes place in America, and in 2081. In the story Harrison Bergeron everybody is equally the same, no one is better looking, stronger, and smarter than everyone else. Also if your better looking, stronger, or smarter than everyone else you would have to wear these things called handicaps which kept you from being better than everyone else. This makes me think that equality isn’t always good. First of all in the story Harrison Bergeron the government tortures the…

Harrison Bergeron Paper Harrison Bergeron is a story about equality and total government control. No one is allowed to be different from each other in anyway. People have to wear handicaps so that everyone is the same height, speed, and even amount of beauty. The author is trying to say that total equivalence is dangerous. People not being able to think about thoughts more than 20 seconds, very talented individuals throughout the story are held back by handicaps like the ballerinas, and people…