Kim Harrison

People do not know they are listening to timeless music until it is fifty years later and younger generations are still listening to the music their parents once listened to as a teenager. My dad listened to the Rolling Stones since he was a young teenager and many people still listen to the music that came out when he was in high school. Although, The Rolling Stones are unfading, new, urbane bands have come out such as One Direction. In fifty years, the adolescent may be listening to One…

world of “Harrison Bergeron” created by Kurt Vonnegut, citizens are controlled and weighed down by handicaps given by the government and the handicap general Diana Moon Glampers. Each person was forced to become a lesser version of themselves in order to not cause competition to each other. Harrison Bergeron is a teenager with physical and mental advantages, therefore he was given the most handicaps and was taken away from George and Hazel, his mother and father. This caused Harrison to break…

The American rock band - Puddle Of Mudd, that released four albums and made a healthy six million record sales, has unveiled their UK tour dates for 2016. Puddle of Mudd, with lead singer Wesley Scantlin, has established firmly its reputation in the rock 'n' roll world. According to Viagogo, Puddle Of Mudd has been amongst the US's most impressive live acts with hit songs like "'Blurry," and "She Hates Me." The American post-grunge band lead vocalist - Scantlin, stated "The last time we were…

Raiders of the Lost Ark In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones had stated “I’m goin’ after that truck.” Sallah had responded with, “How?” Bravely, Indiana Jones replies by saying, “I don’t know, I’m makin’ this up as I go.” According to filmsite, Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark was directed by Steven Spielberg in 1981. This movie is also an example of a modern epic. There are five traits are characterized in an epic. The five traits of an epic are that the protagonist is a hero with the…

In “Harrison Bergeron,” situational irony is a literary technique that is used multiple times throughout the story. In the story, the government attempts to eliminate any competition by making everyone equal. The stronger, smarter and more beautiful citizens must be handicapped. One ironic aspect of this story is how they make beautiful people wear masks so that no one feels less attractive than them. “….and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty…

The dystopian short story “Harrison Bergeron” written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. includes several negative aspects based off of its forced sense of equality. It is 2081, and all unbiased members of this world are succumbed to losing their unique qualities. The parents, Hazel and George, of Harrison Bergeron have been constrained to lose their longterm memory and ability to focus leaving them confused. After Harrison Bergeron escaped from the prison he was being restrained in, he ended up dying,…

Harrison Bergeron is a short story written in 1961 by Kurt Vonnegut, it is set in 2081, in a dystopian version of the U.S. The government feels that everyone should be equal, so they put handicaps on above average people. Harrison was smart, fast, and strong, he also threatened the government, who thought he was under handicapped, he eventually broke out of jail, but was killed shortly after. The Great Awakening occurred in Colonial America, from the 1730’s-1740’s. One of the main ideals of the…

Dystopias walk a fine line between evoking a sensation of fear and inducing a sense of futility. Descriptions of grim futures, mask dystopias basic optimism. Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. takes place in the year 2081, everything is finally equal, no one is smarter, better looking, or stronger than anybody else. What good is equality when your creativity is taken away taken by weights(handicaps) and a transmitter sending horrible sounds every 20 seconds masks hiding your beauty and…

Conflict in “Harrison Bergeron” How does conflict in “Harrison Bergeron” help communicate the author's message? His message was everyone being equal would be a horrible idea. The govt had control over the country by making everyone wear handicaps such as ear piece, braces, mask, & weights to hold them down. Announcements, warnings, and punishments were portrayed as good things but it wasn’t. Harrison Bergeron messages explains the conflict that goes on in the story. Handicapper general is…

In the short story, Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut shows how society would be flawed through the pursuit of equality. Through this story we were given insight as to how our world could very well possibly be affected is we were to see true equality amongst everyone. Regardless of sex, race,color, and mental capability. Throughout this story Kurt Vonnegut uses bold imagery and negative trite details to make up a negative tone. In doing this he creates his twisted version of artificial, blind…