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    story Harrison Bergeron‚ was written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The story was published in 1961 by Fantasy and Sciences Fiction Magazine. The genre is fantasy‚ for that it’s fictional and things that happen in the story hasn’t happen in our society. The story takes place in the future year 2081 and everyone is equal‚ but instead everyone being better everyone is worse. Also to the 211‚ 212‚ and 213 amendments everyone was equal. The story takes place in year 2081. The protagonist Harrison Bergeron

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    Harrison Bergeron‚ a short fictional story‚ was written by Kurt Vonnegut and published in 1961.It was published in the mazagine Fantasy and Science Fiction. Harrison Bergeron was based on a society that valued equality. Due to the 211‚ 212‚ and 213 amendments the people were forced to be equal.Handicaps were used in the story Harrison Bergeron to make everyone equal. Handicaps were transmitters that were hooked up to you to make you less intelligent if you were above average intelligence. Despite

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    Everyone is equal‚ and the year is 2081. In Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr.’s Harrison Bergeron‚ everyone is equal in every way‚ not just before the law and God. To make everyone equal the United States Handicapper General issues handicaps to citizens to suppress their abilities to make everyone have the same mental and physical capabilities. This equality moves all people‚ except those who work for the United States Handicapper General‚ from the bourgeoisie class and into the proletariat class‚ and causes conflict

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    Kurt Vonnegut envisions in his short story‚ “Harrison Bergeron.” Throughout the story there are examples of people acting or being forced to act in ways that differ from the ways we expect people to act in real life. In “Harrison Bergeron‚ Vonnegut applies setting‚ characterization‚ and plot to generate a feeling of incredulity at the unrealistic futuristic world he portrays in the story. First‚ Vonnegut uses setting to express the special idea of “Harrison Bergeron”. In the story‚ the people are described

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    In “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut‚ the author shows how everyone acting and looking the same way can affect them physically‚ mentally‚ and emotionally therefore Everyone should be able to be themselves and show their own creativity. The author writes about this thesis specifically because he wants to show people that being unique is not a terrible thing because it means you are special in your own way and you might be able to do things others can’t do. People living in this time had no way

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    will be murdered. While this was a great movie in my opinion‚ It was definitely a movie that brought together a cast full of newer actors that would go on to become even bigger names in Hollywood. One of these rising stars in particular was a young Harrison Ford. Ford was born July 13‚ 1942‚ in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ to an Irish Catholic father and a Russian Jewish mother. Growing up in the Illinois suburb of Des Plaines‚ young Harry (as he was referred to as a child) did not share the rugged‚ adventurous

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    Daryl Turner Harrison Bergeron Paragraph No it would not be beneficial if society got rid of all competition‚ which really applies with sports. Sports is all about competition and someone trying to beat out someone for a higher ranking. But if we outlaw all competition from today’s society then a lot of sports would be very spiritless. For example‚ when I watch a football game I want to feel very anxious when my favorite team is down by one point and there’s only 10 seconds in the game. But

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    Benjamin Franklin Autobiography Benjamin Franklin has a special place in the hearts and minds of American people. He was born on January 6‚ 1706 (and later changed January 17 when calendar was renew in the middle of the century). The place of his birth was at Milk Street Boston across from the Old South Church. He came from a poor and big family. His father is Josiah Franklin who was from the village of Ecton in Northamstonhire who migrated in New World in 1863 to search

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    because of the USSR’s interpretation of Marxism that Kurt Vonnegut was inspired to write his short story Harrison

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    “The year was 2081‚ and everybody was finally equal.” No one is more intelligent than anyone‚ no one is faster‚ beautifuller or event different from anyone else. In the short story Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut explains a lot of hardships and restraints in talents and personalities. The author uses symbolism‚ descriptive language and similes to show restraint through handicaps. First of all the author uses the craft move of symbolism to show restraint through handicaps. For example on page

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