Essay 10 
Isabella Crosby
Ms. Vander Heiden
English 10, Hour 5
Oct 9, 2014 With the year being 2081, the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments of the constitution say that everyone must be equal in any way possible. No matter what shall happen to them… Not to mention with everyone being equal there’s always going to be that one person to stand out and that's how the readers meet Harrison. In April 2081, Harrison was taken from his family for being too abnormal to the governments liking. Harrison soon escapes from jail and he tries to overthrow the government but getting shot and killed shows otherwise. During this time, his mother, Hazel was watching her son trying to take control of others and die on television, but then soon forgetting. Through the use of setting, theme, and irony in “Harrison Bergeron” Kurt
Vonnegut Jr. creates a rich literary experience for his readers.
One of the techniques a reader might find important to appreciating “Harrison Bergeron” is theme. Theme means a message about life or human nature the writer shares with the reader. A unique theme would be the danger of equality. If people do not hide what is abnormal about themselves then they will probably get murdered. “She fired twice, and the emperor and the empress were dead before they hit the floor” (26). Harrison gets shot by Diana Moon Glampers for escaping jail and taking off his and others handicaps. Harrisons father, George has to wear weights around his neck to make him weaker and a little ear radio to stop him from thinking. “If
I tried to get away with it, then other people would get away with itand pretty soon we’d be
right back to the dark ages again, with everyone competing against everybody else” (23). If
George were to take off his handicaps it could lead to others taking off theirs as well then they would start competing against each other and the government would not like that. The strong and the weak would be a valid theme. There’s unfairness to those who
Ms. Vander Heiden
English 10, Hour 5
Oct 9, 2014 With the year being 2081, the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments of the constitution say that everyone must be equal in any way possible. No matter what shall happen to them… Not to mention with everyone being equal there’s always going to be that one person to stand out and that's how the readers meet Harrison. In April 2081, Harrison was taken from his family for being too abnormal to the governments liking. Harrison soon escapes from jail and he tries to overthrow the government but getting shot and killed shows otherwise. During this time, his mother, Hazel was watching her son trying to take control of others and die on television, but then soon forgetting. Through the use of setting, theme, and irony in “Harrison Bergeron” Kurt
Vonnegut Jr. creates a rich literary experience for his readers.
One of the techniques a reader might find important to appreciating “Harrison Bergeron” is theme. Theme means a message about life or human nature the writer shares with the reader. A unique theme would be the danger of equality. If people do not hide what is abnormal about themselves then they will probably get murdered. “She fired twice, and the emperor and the empress were dead before they hit the floor” (26). Harrison gets shot by Diana Moon Glampers for escaping jail and taking off his and others handicaps. Harrisons father, George has to wear weights around his neck to make him weaker and a little ear radio to stop him from thinking. “If
I tried to get away with it, then other people would get away with itand pretty soon we’d be
right back to the dark ages again, with everyone competing against everybody else” (23). If
George were to take off his handicaps it could lead to others taking off theirs as well then they would start competing against each other and the government would not like that. The strong and the weak would be a valid theme. There’s unfairness to those who