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    In Kurt Vonnegut’s‚ Harrison Bergeron‚ and Malcolm Gladwell’s‚ Outliers: The Story of Success‚ “The Trouble with Geniuses” Part I & II‚ are both similar because they tell stories that are about geniuses and how they live their lives. Being a genius does not mean that life is simple‚ but that life is filled with disadvantages and you just have to deal with the situations. In Outliers‚ the two main characters are Christopher Langan and Robert Oppenheimer are real people who struggle with their disadvantages

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    problems. Harrison Bergeron lives in a world where everyone is made equal with physical and mental handicaps such as weights‚ masks‚ and brain buzzers. The book Anthem is based in a place where everyone in the society is brainwashed to think they only live as part of a unit. In Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” and Rand’s Anthem‚ equality and the main characters are both very similar in many ways. The Main characters from both pieces of writing are very similar in a few ways. In “Harrison Bergeron”‚ Harrison

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    contrast‚ Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” is another case where people with positive attributes are punished for being superior above others in society. Harrison is a young man with godlike abilities so he is severely punished‚ and being unhappy with his treatment leads to his rebelling‚ which

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    and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr‚ the authors demonstrate the theme‚ rebelling against an oppressive government to stand up for what you believe in. Suzanne Collins creates a government where the character Katniss stands up for the ones she loves and for her beliefs about the Capitol. Furthermore‚ Kurt Vonnegut Jr. also constructs an oppressive government that the character Harrison rebels against for his view of handicaps and the government. Above all‚ the authors use characters actions

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    Farm by George Orwell and the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. are the quintessence of inequality and prove this point; all equal societies do not work. There are many similarities the book Animal Farm shares with the short story “Harrison Bergeron”‚ one being that no one is truly equal in either society‚ the second being that there is a group with supreme power that dictates what every person does and manipulates them‚ lastly the characters in each society look the other way when

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    Monkey House” is titled‚ Harrison Bergeron. This short story introduces readers to the society the characters in this book are living in. This story takes place in 2081 where society has been altered to where each individual person must be the same. Everyone is kept equal by “handicaps”. These handicaps are physical and mental. This handicap law is found in the 211th‚ 212th‚ and 213th amendments‚ which was enforced into place by Diana Moon Glampers. The first characters you are truly introduced

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    In short story “Harrison Bergeron” Kurt Vonnegut uses symbols and hyperbole to show how conformity isn’t better. Their society’s solution to equality is to change the people who have unique attributes and make them the same as the average person. Vonnegut uses the handicaps to show how equality isn’t better and how their government fails to make everyone equal. They try to force individuals to change so they are conforming and no one will compete against each other. If you are above average you have

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    New Criticism on Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” Literary devices are used throughout literature to help readers have a better understanding. Metaphors‚ for example‚ help readers to have a better visual of different aspects. In Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron‚” metaphors are evident throughout the short story. The metaphors that are used throughout the short story‚ such as‚ “dancing to the ceiling‚” “kissed the ceiling‚” and “breaking the chains‚” help readers to have a better understanding

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    The first type of dystopian control that is evident would be state propaganda. Harrison Bergeron is a great short story that represents and exhibits evidence of a state propaganda. “Diana Moon Glampers loaded the gun again. She aimed it at the musicians and told them they had ten seconds to get their handicaps back on” (Vonnegut 1). After

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    the Bergeron house‚ as she was walking‚ she rubbed her hands together and pulled her coat closer to her body. Winter was her least favorite season‚ the cold that caressed her skin was never welcome or wanted. But Miss Raelyn didn’t care‚ because she was finally going to see her favorite patient‚ Harrison Bergeron. After a while of walking in the snow‚ Miss Raelyn made it to the Bergeron house. She ringed the doorbell awfully excited to get inside and out the cold. She also missed Harrison dearly

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