What Is The Theme Of Harrison Bergeron
In “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut the year was 2081 and everyone was finally equal. The story's theme is that total equality is not an idea worth trying to accomplish. This mistaken goal would be dangerous in execution and outcome. Equality would not make everyone one perfect, but everyone as weak as they could be. In order to accomplish total equality, the government would need to torture everyone by making everyone wear handicaps. This is shown by saying” the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General”. The strong would need to wear heavy weights, the smart need to listen to loud noises, and the beautiful must wear ugly masks. The government would also need to spend lots of time and money to make sure everyone's
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Strong people would be wasted by making them wear handicaps instead of using their strength for good. This is shown by saying “The strong were forced to wear heavy weights”.The smart would be wasted by not allowing them to think instead of using their brains to make new innovations. This is shown when the story says “Everyone could only think in short bursts”.The government would waste billions of dollars trying to handicap the entire population. The entire process would be a big waste of time and money for everyone in America. The main counter theme to this story is that competition is very bad and should be eliminated. This could be supported how the characters seem to hate competition and when competition arises it is removed. This would not explain why the government went to great lengths to handicap everyone. This means that the best theme is that total equality is a goal not worth accomplishing is the best theme.
The goal to make everyone equal is a mistaken goal and not worth accomplishing. The process would be dangerous in both execution and outcome and a waste. The theme of Harrison Bergeron is that total equality is not worth trying to accomplish. The idea of total equality is mistaken to make everyone perfect, but in reality, it would make everyone as weak as could be.
This idea is a horrible idea that hopefully will never be accomplished in the near
Strong people would be wasted by making them wear handicaps instead of using their strength for good. This is shown by saying “The strong were forced to wear heavy weights”.The smart would be wasted by not allowing them to think instead of using their brains to make new innovations. This is shown when the story says “Everyone could only think in short bursts”.The government would waste billions of dollars trying to handicap the entire population. The entire process would be a big waste of time and money for everyone in America. The main counter theme to this story is that competition is very bad and should be eliminated. This could be supported how the characters seem to hate competition and when competition arises it is removed. This would not explain why the government went to great lengths to handicap everyone. This means that the best theme is that total equality is a goal not worth accomplishing is the best theme.
The goal to make everyone equal is a mistaken goal and not worth accomplishing. The process would be dangerous in both execution and outcome and a waste. The theme of Harrison Bergeron is that total equality is not worth trying to accomplish. The idea of total equality is mistaken to make everyone perfect, but in reality, it would make everyone as weak as could be.
This idea is a horrible idea that hopefully will never be accomplished in the near