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    The Omniscient Indifferent Narrator Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” is a satirical dystopian short story. The story starts by presenting a utopian future that sounds desirable to the reader. At the beginning of the story, everybody is finally “equal”, according to the narrator, due to the amendments of the constitution. As the reader keeps reading, even from the third line of the first paragraph, the reader might start to find faults in the society and begin to feel curious about the story.…

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    Within the year 2081 everyone is equal; no one smarter and no one more athletic. In the short story ‘’Harrison Bergeron’’ by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Vonnegut describes a situation of a man standing up for freedom from the government's control over making everyone equal. In the story, Harrison, an intellectual, athletic teen, demonstrates his rebellious side to the government. He uses his brute strength and bravery to say true equality should never be reached. Over all he wants to prove everybody is…

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    Due to experiences reading these two books, Uglies and Harrison Bergeron, one might infer that there is no hope for society. Humans are getting strict ideas of what “pretty” needs to look like on the inside and out. Society is on a downhill slope and there’s no coming back. Evidence from Harrison Bergeron states, “Hazel had a perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn’t think about anything, except in short bursts” (Vonnegut 21). The smartest people in the world can come up with a…

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    Rock N Roll History

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    successful band in the history of music. First, a brief history lesson about this great band. The Beatles, were an English rock band created in Liverpool in 1960. It was formed of four musicians, Paul McCartney who played the bass, John Lennon, and George Harrison who both played guitars and last but not least, there was Ringo Starr playing the drums. They started out playing rock and roll primarily “the foremost and most influential…

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    208 Film Analysis

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    In the movie 208, it shows the viewers all about how people have to wear handicaps in order to have an equal society. Harrison Bergeron is a character who refuses to wear his handicaps and is put into prison for that reason. If that type of society occurred in this year, then the society would be different because everyone would be considered equal, it will change our daily life drastically, and our thoughts on it will not be the same as the government's. If there was a society where everyone…

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    ears when they were thinking deeply about something. The government would send them loud sounds like gunshots, bells, and other loud sounds. There were some people who were average, they had average thinking and they didn't need to wear handicap. Harrison was extremely dangerous to the society, he could overpower the government & could take over it & once again make everyone smarter, stronger, better-looking & happy. But, Diane Moon Glampers, the person in charge of the equality in 2081,…

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    As Marsh Mallow Marshmallow woke up, he thought of how much of a cannibal Mr. Bellamy’s marshmallow was. Marshmallow, as his friends cleverly nicknamed him, got out of bed and went down stairs. He ate Donuts and Bacon, and high fived Cookie Monster because it was Christmas. He and Cookie Monster had been best friends since 1st grade, when Caillou saw Marshmallow, and licked his face. Caillou’s saliva ate up a little bit of Marshmallow’s face. It left a permanent scar. Cookie Monster came…

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    One of well-known American rock band is The Doobie Brothers. Through its career, the band has sold 40 million and plus albums around the world. For five decades, the band has been dynamic, with their greatest achievement happening in the 1970s. The Doobie Brothers has many hit songs such as Depending on You, Listen to the Music, Black Water, Minute to Minute and many more songs. These songs has not only made their audience fall in love with the band but also included them to be famous around the…

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    || Narrator's Perspective || "Thank you Brisbane (idk)!" Aisha yelled loudly to the crowd after the band took their bow. The crowd cheered in return as they ran backstage to change their clothes. "That was a good show," Kyle (it kept correcting to Luke???) said with a lopsided smile as he put his bass on a rack. "Yeah!" Allison grinned. (The Mike Wazowski's) 1 Minute 'Til Midnight was the name of their band. It consisted of Aisha, the lead singer and rhythm guitarist, Robyn, the lead…

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    When Did Radiohead Break

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    Over the years, the struggle of becoming a popular artist in the music industry has gotten more and more competitive. Artists would struggle to find something that made them stand out from the rest, and eventually give up on trying to be illustrious, conforming to the basic chord structures and rhythms of every other popular tune. However, for twenty seven years, the expressionistic band Radiohead has constantly risen above the musical standards, ignoring everything about classical music theory…

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