Role Of Empathy In Harrison Bergeron

Empathy, to me, means that everyone should have the same opportunity as everyone else. That everyone should be given the same chance. It should be up to you to how you use that opportunity. In Harrison Bergeron it's believed that equality means that everyone should be the same in every way and that this is a good thing. I disagree with this completely. In Harrison Bergeron everyone has the same level of intelligence. People with higher levels of intelligence are forced to wear _____ which ring in their ears every twenty seconds to stop any and all interesting thoughts which other “normals” can’t have. I feel that everyone should start off with the same amount of intelligence or be leveled at a young age.They should all be taught the same curriculum. After that point it should all be up to you to how you use this education.This style of learning should continue until some were lazy and failing and some were trying harder than usual and surpassing everyone else.People should also not be held back for knowing more than everyone else. For some who have fewer amounts of intelligence , they should be allowed to learn what they don’t know but not make others wait. For most who have an
This is what Harrison Bergeron tells me. Everyone had to wear masks so no one would look better than anyone else. So everyone would look the same. I think the exact opposite. What would beautiful or ugly be if everyone looked the same. With no difference there is nothing to compare to. If everyone looked the same a lot less people would have less confidence. Some people are only motivated by their beauty. People should also not hate on people for being ugly. This would change the sudden want to be beautiful. Although physical appearance is something you can’t control it shouldn’t be balanced out. This would lead to the beautiful feeling like less which could be bad. Overall beauty is not something that doesn’t really benefit from being balanced