Examples Of Figurative Language In Harrison Bergeron

The author uses figurative language to help readers learn whats going on throughout the story. In this Dystopian fiction, “Harrison Bergerson” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., the author explores a world where everyone is equal and how things would be different. We start off with George and Hazel son Harrison Bergerson getting taken away and we get some background to the situation. George and his wife Hazel were watching TV, when Harrison appeared on the screen, he began to tell the others to “stand up”, some people ended up standing up. Harrison and his girlfriend and a few others get shot by the Handicapper General and everything returns to normal. In this dystopian fiction, Vonnegut uses Figurative language and Dymanic character, to show the harsh reality of everyone being an equal to one another.At this point in the story, George and Hazel are watching the tv and it was showing some ballerinas and one came up to speak and George comments on her appearance.Vonnegut writes, “ She must have been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore is hideous” (Vonnegut, 41). In this moment of the story, George is saying that this ballerilea must be really pretty, because the mask she wore on her face was hideous, this is implying to the theme and using figurative language because they cannot express themselves to the world. At this point in the story, we are learning why Harrison was taken away because of his talents. And how he had escaped and the
The theme that life would be very unfair if everyone were the same, the world would suffer because they cant show their unique