Kim Harrison

Music In The 1960’s The 1960’s were a time of change in society, fashion, politics, attitudes, and especially music. During these times, many different social influences impacted popular music, and songs began to include social consciousness and political statements. Events like the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, and the progression of the Civil Rights Movement all inflicted change in music. During the 1960’s, many genres of music emerged, like Motown and R&B,…

Pop singers have been the highest-charting musicians for decades, captivating audiences with hook-laden tunes and mesmerizing live performances. As pop music is an amalgam of a number of different genres, including dance, RnB, hip-hop, country and rock, many performers have crossover success within many of these titles. Here are ten of the top pop singers of all time, who have been able to transcend their varied influences to create a unique experience for listeners. Number Ten: George Michael…

In the beginning of the 1970's, a fresh America was going through a culture change. The Beatles breaking-up within the first year, the peace-loving hippies of the 60's were dwindling down to past fantasies, and Rock and Roll was about to have a new kind of monster pierce the ears of the youth. That monster was none other than the acclaimed "Hottest Band in the World", Kiss. Which would be absent idea without the thundering thump of the stick-wielding drummer Peter Criss. Peter Criss (George…

For example in the text Harrison Bergeron, one of the characters - George Bergeron - has to where a mental handicap in his. He is required by law to where it at all times. This mental handicapper disables his “advantage” of intelligence. On the contrary, in the modern world aren’t…

The short story “Harrison Bergeron,” by Kurt Vonnegut is fictious story about what a dystopia could possibly be like. The theme in this story is freedom. Freedom is something that the world recquires in order to not be considered a dystopia. Equality is what our nation has been shooting for this story helps build a future for that. However, think of all the advances in technology, this will not happen in the future if everyone is recquired to be equal. In this story everyone had to be equal. Not…

A Self-Styled Society The short stories “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut and “The Lottery” by Roald Dahl, feature dystopian and utopian societies. A dystopian community is characterized as an illusion of an ideal society maintained through extreme control of society. Utopia is delineated as a place conserved by customs. In the dystopian novel, “Harrison Bergeron,” the government makes the citizens equal by attaching restraints to them which decreases their IQ level, strength, and…

“Nobody was smarter… nobody was better looking… nobody was stronger or quicker,”(Vonnegut 1) everyone was equal. All of this is achieved in the short science fiction, “Harrison Bergeron,” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The story is about a 14 year old boy named Harrison Bergeron who is beyond “normal” and how everyone who ever ‘above average’ have to wear handicaps. Handicaps prevent them from using certain abilities, it made people’s strongest abilities weaker. But, Bergeron is considered dangerous…

ELO, The second Beatles ELO or Electric Light Orchestra’s music is known by the way they were able to emulate the Beatles music proving an outlet for people who crave the sound of the Beatles. They were harassed by England’s media for replicating the Beatles sound, though are praised everywhere else as an ambitious band able to live up to the Beatles reputation. ELO, to others were not just a band copying the Beatles. They are a second Beatles that encourage people to look within their memories…

again. 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…

The common theme between Harrison Bergeron and Fahrenheit 451 is that in order for a society to succeed people need to be aware. In both books it shows throughout that the society's would be much better off if people were aware. In the first book Harrison Bergeron shows his society how beautiful the world can be if people are allowed to perform to their fullest ability. The first quote is one example of how beautiful a society can be "Harrison plucked the mental handicap from her ear, snapped…