Total Equality
Dominique
English 102
Professor Gallo
March 7 2013
Daft 1
Total Equality
In the short story “Harrison Bergeron “ the author Vonnegut’s lets the readers get a good look on American society in 2081. The government wants the world to be equal to everybody in every aspects of their life. The author also shows us the danger of trying to achieve total equality, which affects the country, and their citizens. He shows us theme of forced equality by altering beauty, strength, and intelligence rather then dealing with race, and religion.
Being equal in a society will cause a lot of problems non-that will be positive to the community the only person or persons that will benefit from the equality would be the Government that put out the laws of everybody being equal the community gets the negative side of being equal, because people aren’t equal everybody have there strengths and weakness which makes them unique. In the Short Story “Harrison Bergeron” the author show us his viewpoint through the up rising of Harrison Bergeron who fights against the government to later be shot and killed by the government. The author shows us what happened when a citizen is above average in the quote “. George, while his intelligence was above normal, had a little metal handicap radios in his ear. He was required to wear it at all times. It was tuned in to the government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantages of their brain” that just for the government to make everybody equal George has to suffer because the government feels like he is offending the other citizens. (Par 3) The author also talks about the consequences of not following the rules, in the quote “…”two years in prison and a two thousand dollar fine for every ball I took out, said George”. “ I don’t call that a bargain” this quote really reflects how the citizens are afraid of the
English 102
Professor Gallo
March 7 2013
Daft 1
Total Equality
In the short story “Harrison Bergeron “ the author Vonnegut’s lets the readers get a good look on American society in 2081. The government wants the world to be equal to everybody in every aspects of their life. The author also shows us the danger of trying to achieve total equality, which affects the country, and their citizens. He shows us theme of forced equality by altering beauty, strength, and intelligence rather then dealing with race, and religion.
Being equal in a society will cause a lot of problems non-that will be positive to the community the only person or persons that will benefit from the equality would be the Government that put out the laws of everybody being equal the community gets the negative side of being equal, because people aren’t equal everybody have there strengths and weakness which makes them unique. In the Short Story “Harrison Bergeron” the author show us his viewpoint through the up rising of Harrison Bergeron who fights against the government to later be shot and killed by the government. The author shows us what happened when a citizen is above average in the quote “. George, while his intelligence was above normal, had a little metal handicap radios in his ear. He was required to wear it at all times. It was tuned in to the government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantages of their brain” that just for the government to make everybody equal George has to suffer because the government feels like he is offending the other citizens. (Par 3) The author also talks about the consequences of not following the rules, in the quote “…”two years in prison and a two thousand dollar fine for every ball I took out, said George”. “ I don’t call that a bargain” this quote really reflects how the citizens are afraid of the