John Scott Harrison

The film 2081, directed by Chandler Tuttle is a satirical rendition of a dystopian future where everyone is “finally equal”, where no one is greater than the other person in intellect and strength. Harrison Bergeron, a fugitive and the protagonist, rebels against the propriety standards set by the society. He enters a theatre and enacts a liberating performance, critiquing the society’s enforced equality and opinions. Specifically, Tuttle uses Harrison’s dramatic entrance to show how the media…

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. wrote a futuristic story, ¨Harrison Bergeron¨, the characters are all ¨Equal every which way.¨ The year was 2081 and everybody in the Utopia claimed to be equal with one another. If you were above average in intelligence you were forced by the handicapped general to wear an earpiece to stop your train of thought, if you were athletic they would put weights on you so you can’t perform your best. In the text Harrison is viewed as a superior person that is so called better than…

Bobby Brown was an actor, singer, rapper, songwriter, and dancer in the music industry. Born on February 5, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts, Bobby grew to be a talented kid but made very poor choices. As a young boy around age 9 Bobby was involved with stealing, fights, gang activity, and drugs. At age 11 Bobby turned his life around after a close friend was stabbed to death. This left Bobby the decision to take his life and education more seriously. Bobby and a couple of friends Michael Bivines…

much should the government step in to ensure equality? The story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut makes you think about how in order to please one group, in this case “equalize” everyone, life becomes unfair for everyone else. The story takes place in the year 2081 and everyone is equal in every single way imaginable. George and Hazel Bergeron are watching ballerinas on the television. television, watching ballerinas. Their son, Harrison, comes on, and frees himself of all his handicaps. He…

Kurt Vonnegut expresses to his audience the dangers of an equal society and how the government is in complete control of its people through his characters, plot, and symbolism in the short story Harrison Bergeron. In this short story the free will of thinking, academic intelligence and people’s body from attractiveness to muscle power are being controlled by the government. The government has reached this harsh equality among its people by handicapping their citizens. If а person is too…

“Harrison Bergeron” is a prophetic short story written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The short story is set in the year 2081, a time where everyone is equal due to the 211th, 212th and 213th Amendment. People are handicapped so that no person is superior to another person. I feel that Vonnegut Jr. is giving a warning to the current society about the disadvantages of making everyone equal. The school systems of today’s society are already advancing into this direction with accommodations to students…

Nothing Special by Geoff Herbach 283 pages Characters: Felton is a top recruit in the nation for football. Felton’s little brother’s name is Andrew and his dreams of being a pianist have been crushed by Felton. Felton’s old friend Gus is kind of weird but he is still friends with Felton even though Felton is an athlete. Background: Felton and Andrews’s dad killed himself in their garage. Their mom became wacko after that and she needed some help. Felton grew up being picked on, he was small,…

What would happen if we all were the same? If everyone you knew wore the same clothes, had their hair done the same way, ate the same food, had the same size family, had the same looking house, read the same books, et cetera. Nobody would be different, individuality would be frowned upon, and you could get killed for breaking one of the hundreds of rules. This is the society in the book The Giver written by Lois Lowry. Symbols such as mirrors and eyes, sunshine, and color help demonstrate the…

What if everybody was accepted? What if someone did not have to pretend to be somebody they are not, just to try and fit in? Authors Ursula K. Le Guin, William J Brennan and director Bill Brummel. All of them created a short story or a documentary about acceptance and how not all things get accepted right away. People thrive to be a part of something, and without acceptance you couldn't be a part of it. Imagine not being able to be on a sports team, theatre or some club at school, because you…

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…