Comparing 'Harrison Bergeron And The Pedestrian'

A utopia, by definition it means a place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions. It’s a place perfect by everyone’s standards, it is full of equality and embraces nature. However, such a place is impractical in today’s world. We can only imagine and write down what we think a utopia could be. Despite being perfect, there is always a dark side to things and a utopia is no exception. It appears as a beautiful, safe, heavenly society but really people could watch you all the time so you don’t break the laws, or you have to stay in your house to make sure there is no chance of an injury. In the stories “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, and “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury, the technology causes the people to not experience the real world around them because of the consequences that may happen.
In the story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, it shows the meaning of true equality.
Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else.” (Vonnegut 1). As wonderful as that may sound with everyone having equal rights and income, that's implausible. How could that happen, you may ask, in the story if you are superior in any way the government would provide you with handicaps. The better you are the more handicaps you will have,to reiterate, “...had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear at all times. It was tuned to the government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp know is to keep people like George I'm taking unfair advantages of their brain.”(Vonnegut 3)The handicaps range from a metal radio in your ear to keep you from complete concentration to a mask to hide your face. As shown in the story, “ ...Strongest and most graceful of all the