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    The story “Harrison Bergeron” is a story set in the future about 70 years. In the story everyone has handicaps to make everyone completely equal. By using these handicaps the government Influences them to think and act a certain way. This is a reoccuring theme in the story. The short story “Harrison Bergeron‚” written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.‚ teaches its readers that the power of media can have a strong influence on the way you think. There are many ways that the power of media can have a strong influence

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    Dehumanization in Kurt Vonnegut’s "Harrison Bergeron." "The year was 2081‚ and everybody was finally equal‚" the story begins. "They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal in every which way"(1354). In this haunting story‚ Vonnegut probably wanted to warn our society of similar kind of equality‚ equality that can be fatal for human race. In this work the theme is only a minor feature and is not really developed. The idea probably intrigued Kurt Vonnegut and forced him to develop

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    it-and soon we ’d be right back to the dark ages again…" This statement by George Bergeron sums up Kurt Vonnegut Jr. ’s short story in one line. "Harrison Bergeron" is a satirical story of a futuristic United States in the year 2081‚ where all individuals are made equal regardless of what their natural born characteristics were. In order to achieve this society needed to be made equal‚ and controlled. "Harrison Bergeron" is a suitable title given after the main character in the story. This tale is

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    dystopian stories‚ “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins 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

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    the important issues‚ such as equal rights for all races and each gender. Both the novel Animal 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

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    The first short story in the speculative fiction novel‚ “Welcome to the 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

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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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    Inessa Baustad Oostindie Block G – Ms. Vadacchino Nov. 19 – Dec. 2‚ 2014 The Impossibility of Equality and Humanity’s Mutual Existence in Society What is the key to a perfect‚ equal‚ yet just society? There may not be one. Both Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” and Isaac Asimov’s “All the Troubles of the World” are short stories that satirize societies which are based on the goal of equality but which reveal deeply inhumane and unequal restrictions and practices. The bureaucratic and technological

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    Boss: [walks into room] Boss: Hello how are you today test subject #1: Good test subject #2: I’m alive so I guess that is a plus. Boss: I want to know which story best represents our world’s future. test subject #1: I say that the “Harrison Bergeron” relates to our community more than the giver because how would we make a memory boundary that keeps memories trapped. test subject #2: I didn’t read The Giver… So what should I do? Boss: How did you know what you wrote on the application? test subject

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    rights are basic freedoms that are inalienable. This means that no matter what law or rule is set‚ those are rights that should never be taken away from the people. A dystopian society will deny these rights‚ one of them being life. The stories Harrison Bergeron‚ Shades‚ and Examination Day‚ are all ones that have a common theme of the denial of life. A dystopian society denies individual rights such as life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. In Shades‚ by AJ Said‚ the Government hides colors‚ in

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