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    Speech 101 PERSUASIVE PRESENTATION GUIDELINES 1. Select a topic‚ which is a problem of current interest that requires your audience to TAKE ACTION. Avoid overworked topics with which most audiences are already familiar with. Pick what you are or will be passionate about. As you choose your topic‚ made sure you select an issue that you believe in enough to do something about yourself AND something that you would like others to believe in and do! Keep in mind that you have to PERSUADE us to

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    and humans individually and collectively trying to manage or not being able to properly manage with technology that has progressed far more rapidly than anything else. One story that clearly demonstrates this theme of a dystopian society is "Harrison Bergeron"‚ and a form of media that can be compared with it is‚ the 2005 film V for Vendetta. Both stories are set in the future and show that as time goes on‚ the government slowly starts to take control of the citizens by telling them what is right

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    French mathematician Evariste Galius was just a teenager when he created the field of abstract algebra. These societeis habe someone similar but are rejected in theird societies. “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut jr. And Anthem by Ayn Rand are both dystopian pieces of literature and have similar protagonists but habe exceoptionally diferent societies.Although “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut jr. And Anthem by Ayn Rand are both dystopian pieces of literature and have similar protagonists but

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    Utopian Society? In “Harrison Bergeron”‚ Kurt Vonnegut Jr. portrays his idea of a modern America if equality was to be enforced in every way. After adding amendments 211‚ 212 and 213 to the constitution‚ the people will realize how damaging equality can be when interpreted to a literal sense. America 2081‚ citizens are deliberately being forced to be equal in every aspect. Vonnegut directs this envision of a short story to the egalitarians who believed all should be equal. He creates this image

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    Harrison Bergeron The Cold War was a tough period in American History. Families constantly living in fear over what might happen next. Kurt Vonnegut lived through out the time period of the Cold War. In that time he wrote many pieces of work‚ one of which is “Harrison Bergeron.” This short story takes place in America 2081‚ where everyone is “equal.” Vonnegut relates his work back to the Cold War and the threat of Communism by using the symbolism of handicaps and total government control. “Nobody

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    Both of the stories “Old glory’’ and “Harrison Bergeron” are science fiction and have a similar use of futuristic details.In “Harrison Bergeron” the author talks about science with now day technology that could be made in the future if the country wanted to.In “Old Glory” it talks about how they are change the rules of our freedom and taking more rights away from the citizens.In both stories people stand up for their rights and end up dead.In both of the stories the talk about how the united states

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    Theme is what makes a story come to life and what influences your thoughts and actions. The themes of Ambush‚ The Sniper‚ and Harrison Bergeron will makes you have a different outlook on life. The theme of Ambush is‚ “anyone and everyone will do what they have to do to keep themselves and others safe.” The narrator is Ambush didn’t want to kill the young man but he knew he had to for the sake of his people. The

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    fiction stories like to commentate on our world. Some like to show what will happen in the future if something continues to happen‚ others like to show things that could be going on in the world now. The science fiction stories Fahrenheit 451 and Harrison Bergeron show the government wants to hide information from people‚ that the government wants to keep people in the dark and ignorant. The government doesn’t want people to think. This line of text from the book "Fahrenheit 451" shows how people feel

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    The Dangers of Equality Equality has been strived for by politicians and government in the United States since the start of the Feminist movement‚ but is this equality may not be something that we should aim to obtain. In “Harrison Bergeron‚” Kurt Vonnegut shows his readers that trying to obtain total equality may lead people down a dangerous path. It may seem that equality would benefit everyone‚ but would it take too much away from people in order to reach this equality. Vonnegut uses the theme

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    In the short story Harrison Bergeron and in the novel Fahrenheit 451 both display that everyone is equal and that no one is better looking or smarter than anyone else‚ this is the law of both states. An example of this in the novel is that no one can read or have there own thought and if they try to disobey the law they will be killed. An example from the short story is that George was smarter than most people in his town so they put a transmitter in his head to make a noise every 10 seconds and

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