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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…

what some people base their lives around. Everyday in our lives we watch events unfold around us, some for better, and others for worse, that no matter how much we believe we affected them, their is no evidence supporting we directly caused them. Kurt Vonnegut did not have free will, and he knew it. His book, Slaughterhouse Five, was a…

Harrison Bergeron In the short story “Harrison Bergeron”, written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., a young man is taken away by a new government company, called Handicapper General, that wants to make everyone equal. Harrison, the young man, breaks free from jail and goes to a studio to show that he is free and wants to become the Emperor. In the movie 2081, directed by Chandler Tuttle and inspired by “Harrison Bergeron”, Harrison is five years older and goes to a theater to show his “act”. His “act” is…

Slaughterhouse-Five’s phrase repetition analysis Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five is a semi autobiography of the journey of Billy Pilgrim through WWII merged together with time travel and aliens. He sees his own birth and death and everything in between. According to Vonnegut, this book is “short and jumbled and jangled because there is nothing intelligence to say about a massacre” (19). The author uses the repetition of phrases and events, such as “so it goes”, the character wild bob, and…

Lopez, Nicolas Ms. Simon P.7 27 september, 2016 Dystopian Society Anthem and “H.B.” are a Utopia society... right? In Anthem and “H.B.” they believe that they live in a Utopian society but they are blinded by the truth; and the truth is that they live in a Dystopian society. Because of this Anthem and “H.B.” have similarity’s and differences. One Similarity the have is that they can not love someone more than another. And a difference is that the kids in “H.B.” get to know their parents and…

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…

Kurt Vonnegut’s Reading, Boredom, Belonging, and Our Human Responsibility speech at Fredonia College reminds me of my pastor’s sermons, however without a religious aspect. Vonnegut advises this graduating class on how to be good people and lead good lives. The tone of this essay is patronizing, as it is expected for graduation speakers to be wise and impart wisdom into the new generation. This is why most graduation speeches are timeless, such as “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace. He…

How would it would feel if all talents, strengths, and happiness were taken away and everyday life was limited? In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, people live in a dystopian society. The government takes over and makes everyone equal, but not in a good way. The government’s definition of “equal” is making everyone exactly the same. The people that have a certain talent or strength have to wear different types of handicaps. Many people have to wear different types of gadgets…

With the concept of Schittny’s Invisibility Cloak, a feat as marvelous as that of using extreme distortion to simulate invisibility follows a very strict regime for it to actually become reality. And despite the irony of it, any individual needs an algorithm to cause chaos. The Cloak for instance, is the result of two large electromagnetic fields actively valancing atomic particles in the vicinity of the desired object to move constantly so that light that is directed at them passes through them…

Is it fair that one individual can effortlessly learn a subject in an hour, while it takes another a week of strenuous work? Is it fair that a wealthy person easily gets out of jail on bail, while a poor person stays in, although both were charged for the same crime? We all want to believe that equal and fair treatment for all can exist and is possible because all humans are made equal, however, complete equality in society in any period of time is an unrealistic and impractical aim. As Nancy…