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Harrison Bergeron Hero
When people hear hero, they think of the usual fiction characters like Superman, Spiderman, or Captain America. They don’t think about any characters they read about in stories. One like Harrison Bergeron. Readers either think he was a hero to society or a threat to it. I think Harrison was truly a hero for being the only individual who had the courage to stand up and doing the right thing. My first reason why I think he was a hero is that he stood up for what he thought was right by himself. Though one person rebelled with him, Phillipa, but she discontinued after she was lobotomized or, being surgically operated to reduce mental capacity as in the movie Harrison Bergeron. He didn’t want to lie to society and say that all he revealed was a lie on national television so instead he shot himself to prove a point. Basically he would rather die for society’s sake. My second and final reason why I think Harrison is a hero is because he practically started another revolution. This is shown in the movie Harrison Bergeron. At the end, you can two boys hanging out and eventually watching Bergeron’s broadcast, without their bands that restricted their natural intelligence which was obviously against the government. This was them rebelling against …show more content…
The reasons for that is because it was such a big thing for society to take in. Who knows how people will rebel. Taking their bands off, violently protesting, etc., so maybe society was just fine how it was. This reason doesn’t make any sense though. Of course people will rebel violently or riot, but that is an effective way to get your point across. Take the Kent State Riots as an example. People rioted and protested against the US expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia. These riots became nationwide and President Nixon eventually withdrew troops from Cambodia. Many successful riots prove that something bad can turn out to be

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