Who Is The Antagonist In Harrison Bergeron
Who is it?
Imagine a world where everyone is equal in every way, no one is prettier, stronger, smarter or better at anything than the next person. This world eradicates any chance of inequality and if you try to be better or less equal, you will be punished. In the short story, “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut portrays a symbol that is a lack of change and freedom, so therefore there was not a character with the ability to change.
The real antagonist in the story is the Handicapper General their agents,and the protagonist is Harrison Bergeron. The reason the Handicapper General and their agents are the antagonist is because they want everything to be absolutely equal and they do everything in their power to make sure everything is equal. If you try to think independently, show talent or make a change you will be punished. Most of the people are forced to wear heavy handicaps and sometimes numerous handicaps to prevent them for expressing their true abilities. Their whole purpose is to make everyone equal and “normal”. For example on page 300, the more normal wife asks her intelligent handicapper husband, “Who knows better’n I do what normal is?, said Hazel.
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However, everyone’s handicaps shut out his message. His parents memory was completely wiped out so even they had no memory of what their son had done. He paid a terrible price and no good came. but can't because of the handicaps and diana moon trying to kill him because he is a also a threat to the government. (304) it says “Diana moon came into the studio and fired twice” it says that Diana Moon Glampers came into the studio and immediately shot them. She didn't even hesitate, arrest Harrison again, or question them. to show how timid she was and how she was ready to kill anyone that tried to make a change in the
Imagine a world where everyone is equal in every way, no one is prettier, stronger, smarter or better at anything than the next person. This world eradicates any chance of inequality and if you try to be better or less equal, you will be punished. In the short story, “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut portrays a symbol that is a lack of change and freedom, so therefore there was not a character with the ability to change.
The real antagonist in the story is the Handicapper General their agents,and the protagonist is Harrison Bergeron. The reason the Handicapper General and their agents are the antagonist is because they want everything to be absolutely equal and they do everything in their power to make sure everything is equal. If you try to think independently, show talent or make a change you will be punished. Most of the people are forced to wear heavy handicaps and sometimes numerous handicaps to prevent them for expressing their true abilities. Their whole purpose is to make everyone equal and “normal”. For example on page 300, the more normal wife asks her intelligent handicapper husband, “Who knows better’n I do what normal is?, said Hazel.
The …show more content…
However, everyone’s handicaps shut out his message. His parents memory was completely wiped out so even they had no memory of what their son had done. He paid a terrible price and no good came. but can't because of the handicaps and diana moon trying to kill him because he is a also a threat to the government. (304) it says “Diana moon came into the studio and fired twice” it says that Diana Moon Glampers came into the studio and immediately shot them. She didn't even hesitate, arrest Harrison again, or question them. to show how timid she was and how she was ready to kill anyone that tried to make a change in the