Harrison Bergeron By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Frustrated by the unfairness of society , many have attempted to create a government where all citizens are equal , only to foster a community that denies citizens of basic rights. Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegorical novel that satirizes Stalinś cruel treatment of people and role in the Russian Revolution by depicting all of the people involved in the Revolution as animals attempting to create a government in their farm after overthrowing the tyrannical farmer. Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. occurs in a society where everyone is oppressed and all self-expression is prohibited in the name of equality. Even though the animals in Animal Farm eventually realize the society has become corrupt, they do not take action, and
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when Harrison attempts to take action in Harrison Bergeron he loses his life. In the quest for a utopian society, individuality and necessary freedoms are lost, causing the society to become dystopian.
In Animal Farm, , overworked and frustrated, Animals overthrow Farmer Jones in hopes of forming a society where all animals are equal; however, classes soon form in the farm after the highly intelligent pigs take control, and the animals realize that the society they have created has become everything it once stood against.
The pigs , who immediately assume responsibility of the farm, , use their intelligence to take advantage of the other animals . For instance, Squealer the pig tells the animals,” It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!” Squealer represents the corrupt media that brainwashed the people into believing that the government’s actions were justified during the Russian Revolution. Here, Squealer convinces the animals that the pigs eating the apples and milk is justified by using the animals’ fear of Farmer Jones returning to his advantage. Already , the society is not ideal because the pigs are essentially deceiving the other animals so that they can have the most comfortable life possible. Later, the pigs go even farther by deliberately changing the written rules of the society. After hearing rumors about the pigs sleeping in beds and recalling that animals
sleeping in beds was not allowed , the animals check the Seven Commandments only to find that now the Fourth Commandment states “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.” Squealer later talks to the animals about why the pigs require beds. A bed …. But not more comfortable than we need, I can tell you, comrades, with all the brainwork we have to do nowadays…” (29.5) Squealer persuades the animals that the pigs are following the rules of the society by stating that a bed without sheets is a not much different from a bed made of straw and that the pigs require the l comfort because their job is so difficult. Again, he reminds them if the pigs were not able to do their job successfully, Farmer Jones would come back. Therefore, the pigs continue to lie to the other animals by using the animals’ weaknesses to their advantage. The society is gradually becoming more and more unfair with the pigs following a different set of rules than the other animals.
when Harrison attempts to take action in Harrison Bergeron he loses his life. In the quest for a utopian society, individuality and necessary freedoms are lost, causing the society to become dystopian.
In Animal Farm, , overworked and frustrated, Animals overthrow Farmer Jones in hopes of forming a society where all animals are equal; however, classes soon form in the farm after the highly intelligent pigs take control, and the animals realize that the society they have created has become everything it once stood against.
The pigs , who immediately assume responsibility of the farm, , use their intelligence to take advantage of the other animals . For instance, Squealer the pig tells the animals,” It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!” Squealer represents the corrupt media that brainwashed the people into believing that the government’s actions were justified during the Russian Revolution. Here, Squealer convinces the animals that the pigs eating the apples and milk is justified by using the animals’ fear of Farmer Jones returning to his advantage. Already , the society is not ideal because the pigs are essentially deceiving the other animals so that they can have the most comfortable life possible. Later, the pigs go even farther by deliberately changing the written rules of the society. After hearing rumors about the pigs sleeping in beds and recalling that animals
sleeping in beds was not allowed , the animals check the Seven Commandments only to find that now the Fourth Commandment states “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.” Squealer later talks to the animals about why the pigs require beds. A bed …. But not more comfortable than we need, I can tell you, comrades, with all the brainwork we have to do nowadays…” (29.5) Squealer persuades the animals that the pigs are following the rules of the society by stating that a bed without sheets is a not much different from a bed made of straw and that the pigs require the l comfort because their job is so difficult. Again, he reminds them if the pigs were not able to do their job successfully, Farmer Jones would come back. Therefore, the pigs continue to lie to the other animals by using the animals’ weaknesses to their advantage. The society is gradually becoming more and more unfair with the pigs following a different set of rules than the other animals.