Harrison Bergeron Symbolism
“The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal.” No one is more intelligent than anyone, no one is faster, beautifuller or event different from anyone else. In the short story Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut explains a lot of hardships and restraints in talents and personalities. The author uses symbolism, descriptive language and similes to show restraint through handicaps. First of all the author uses the craft move of symbolism to show restraint through handicaps. For example on page, 1 paragraph, 1 “They were all equal in every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger than anybody else.” This shows that everyone was the equal and no one could express
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On page, 3 paragraph, 9 it shows restraint in talent and personality, “She must of been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore was hideous. And it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers, for her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two-hundred pound men.” This is important because using descriptive language restrained the dancer so that she couldn’t perform her talents. By being covered with a mask and having handicap bags that are worn by two-hundred pound men, restrains her from being a beautiful and talented dancer. Another piece of descriptive language shows jealousy and anger to cause this restraint on people. On page, 5 paragraph, 15 the text states “It was Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun. She fired twice and the Emperor and Empress were dead before they hit the floor.” This proves that Diana Moon Glampers was filled with jealousy and anger that she reacted in a harsh way because, when Harrison Bergeron removed the handicaps from people it make everyone unequal, and they started to express their real talents and personalities. The Handicapper General was jealous of everyone’s talents so she forced handicaps upon people to restrain their talents and personalities. When using descriptive language it helped get the author’s point of view
On page, 3 paragraph, 9 it shows restraint in talent and personality, “She must of been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore was hideous. And it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers, for her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two-hundred pound men.” This is important because using descriptive language restrained the dancer so that she couldn’t perform her talents. By being covered with a mask and having handicap bags that are worn by two-hundred pound men, restrains her from being a beautiful and talented dancer. Another piece of descriptive language shows jealousy and anger to cause this restraint on people. On page, 5 paragraph, 15 the text states “It was Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun. She fired twice and the Emperor and Empress were dead before they hit the floor.” This proves that Diana Moon Glampers was filled with jealousy and anger that she reacted in a harsh way because, when Harrison Bergeron removed the handicaps from people it make everyone unequal, and they started to express their real talents and personalities. The Handicapper General was jealous of everyone’s talents so she forced handicaps upon people to restrain their talents and personalities. When using descriptive language it helped get the author’s point of view