Compare And Contrast Harrison Bergeron
Both story and movie portray a future where everyone is mentally, physically, and socially equal. The people who made the film did not portray it well in most areas. The character Harrison Bergeron in both the movie and story was described differently. Harrison’s father wears a metal handicap radio in his ear. The government in the story regulates mostly everything and in the movie they it forces the people to obey the laws that are announced. The story shows the character Harrison as if he is superman, but the film does not show that at all.
The character Harrison in both the movie and story was totally described differently. In the story he was fourteen years old, seven feet tall, athletic, good looking and he is genius. While in the film
he looks like he is twenty years old than he does to fourteen, and although he seems bright, and is far from being a genius. Harrison in the story had the specious status of a God among these average people who are handicapped. In the film he bares absolutely no resemblance to the one described in the story.
Harrison’s father wears a metal handicap radio on his head. The use of metal handicapper noises as symbols in the original narrative, that his father is wearing it. The radio transmits sounds to scatter his thoughts. The increased violence of these sounds symbolizes the increasing violence in the story. At the end, the sound of a riveting gun went off George’s head. As actions in the story grows the intensity of the government transmitter’s noises more. It starts out with a simple buzzer. It progresses to a milk bottle being hit by hammer then climaxes to a twenty-one gun salute.
In the story the government controls everything, not just intelligence but strength and beauty as well and handicapped people appropriately. The strong people are forced to wear bags filled with lead balls; beautiful people are forced to wear masks so others would not feel unequal to them in looks. The people who are very intelligent are forced to wear radio transmitters in their ears, which are tuned to a government station that constantly irritates them with horrible sounds to scramble their thoughts. In the movie everyone is forced to wear mind-altering headbands that rest on their temples. These headbands electronically modify intelligence. Unlike the story, in the movie, no one wears masks to council or hides their looks and some are better looking than other making them unequal in appearance to everyone else. In the movie everyone is forced to wear mind-altering head bands that rest on their temples. Either the government in the book or film is controlled and has power on them.
The people, who made the film, did not make a good job in portraying the story. Harrison differs in both film and story. Harrison’s father wears a metal handicap radio in his ear. The government regulates everything in the story and force laws on the people in the movie. The government controls everything in the community. The reason the government ultimately has total control over the society, is the idea that an equal society will eliminate hatred, jealousy, envy and war.
The character Harrison in both the movie and story was totally described differently. In the story he was fourteen years old, seven feet tall, athletic, good looking and he is genius. While in the film
he looks like he is twenty years old than he does to fourteen, and although he seems bright, and is far from being a genius. Harrison in the story had the specious status of a God among these average people who are handicapped. In the film he bares absolutely no resemblance to the one described in the story.
Harrison’s father wears a metal handicap radio on his head. The use of metal handicapper noises as symbols in the original narrative, that his father is wearing it. The radio transmits sounds to scatter his thoughts. The increased violence of these sounds symbolizes the increasing violence in the story. At the end, the sound of a riveting gun went off George’s head. As actions in the story grows the intensity of the government transmitter’s noises more. It starts out with a simple buzzer. It progresses to a milk bottle being hit by hammer then climaxes to a twenty-one gun salute.
In the story the government controls everything, not just intelligence but strength and beauty as well and handicapped people appropriately. The strong people are forced to wear bags filled with lead balls; beautiful people are forced to wear masks so others would not feel unequal to them in looks. The people who are very intelligent are forced to wear radio transmitters in their ears, which are tuned to a government station that constantly irritates them with horrible sounds to scramble their thoughts. In the movie everyone is forced to wear mind-altering headbands that rest on their temples. These headbands electronically modify intelligence. Unlike the story, in the movie, no one wears masks to council or hides their looks and some are better looking than other making them unequal in appearance to everyone else. In the movie everyone is forced to wear mind-altering head bands that rest on their temples. Either the government in the book or film is controlled and has power on them.
The people, who made the film, did not make a good job in portraying the story. Harrison differs in both film and story. Harrison’s father wears a metal handicap radio in his ear. The government regulates everything in the story and force laws on the people in the movie. The government controls everything in the community. The reason the government ultimately has total control over the society, is the idea that an equal society will eliminate hatred, jealousy, envy and war.