John Scott Harrison

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 to accept their advantages and not allow…

writing styles, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut share important characteristics that support a similar worldwide view of equality. The conflict in both stories is between what a single person wants and what the institutions of society demand. The way the authors develop their characters and use a common theme of equality leaves readers to believe that ‘equality for all’ is not necessarily a good thing.…

In the book “The Giver”, by Lois Lowry, and the short story “Harrison Bergeron”, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., life is exactly like that. Jonas, from “The Giver”, lives in a society run by an over controlling government that has does not allow its citizens to make their own choices. Everyday, the citizens take injections supplied by the government so they achieve sameness and are no better than the others in the community. George, from “Harrison Bergeron”, lives in a society also run by an over…

Imagine a world where everyone happens to be perfect, everyone happens to be the same cookie cutter image, and everyone happens to be nice. Pretty boring huh. Now let's arrive in the real world where nobody happens to be perfect, everyone happens to be different, and only a few happen to be not corrupt. The story of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain contains countless amounts of corrupt aspects in people’s lives. Huckleberry Finn unveils the story of a boy, named Huck, and his journey down the…

basis. Sounds terrible. Unfortunately, these societies exist in the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and The Giver, a novel by Lois Lowry. Both societies’ governments force equality on all citizens and believe that the society is a utopian, however, what is being created is a dystopian society. Both also deal with the death of individuality and suppressing a person’s true self. In “Harrison Bergeron”, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. shows the trying to be equal in beauty, intelligence,…

advancements in technology in our society is great and all, but there are also some consequences that come with it. An example of this is in the story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut. Harrison Bergeron is a story where everyone is equal in every which way. Nobody is smarter, prettier, stronger, etc, than anyone else. Diversity isn’t allowed. That’s when Harrison Bergeron comes along and tries to show everyone that diversity is NOT a bad thing. Another example of this is in Ray Bradbury’s…

The purpose of a government is to protect the individual rights of its citizens. Kurt Vonnegut Jr., the author of “Harrison Begeron”, and James McTeigue, the director of V for Vendetta, portray the abrasive relationship between governments and their citizens. The story and film both share the same conflicts with governments using hostility in order to keep its citizens under strict control. When the government takes away its citizens’ natural born rights, citizens lose their power of having…

After the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. As one views statistics about participation in organized religion that I have brought to light, so as to show that religion had become an important part of early twentieth century American culture, one might believe that this participation is the only way to gauge America’s feelings towards religion. If this were the case, then post-Pepper’s America had not changed at all. In American Religion, Chavez references a study done through the…

We can tell that this is a fact because it talks about the day when the Handicap Police came to their house and took Harrison away from them “the H-G men took George and Hazel Bergeron’s fourteen-year-old son, Harrison, away.” (Vonnegut 1). This shows that even though they have to love each other as much as the next, they still can watch them grow. This proves that this book is a Dystopia because they can’t love their…

How Far Are We Willing To Take Equality “There’s nothing wrong with you, there’s a lot wrong with the world you live in,” was once said by a wise man named Chris Colfer. In the story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, the world is distorted to show complete equality. The government forces people to be altered by handicaps because they are “too smart” or “too beautiful.” The author uses this world to show that although equality is what many strive for, it should have its limits. The author uses…