Character Archetypes In Kurt Oonnegut's Harrison Bergeron

Have you ever felt controlled and/or used at some point? For example, you could be in a fake friendship where your friend is not being controlling and manipulative with you and not sure what to do.Well, in Kij Johnson’s “Ponies”, TopGirl has control over society and nobody can really do anything about it. In Kurt Oonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” everyone is also controlled by a government which uses handicaps in a world where everybody is equal and can’t be their normal self. Kij Johnson’s “Ponies” uses character archetypes while Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Burgeron” uses descriptive text to show that sometimes in life people make you feel controlled but instead you should be your own person.

In Ponies by Kij Johnson uses Character Archetypes