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    The fiction story of Harrison Bergeron was written by Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. The fantasy story was published in 1961. The year is 2081 and all people are created equal in strength‚ beauty‚ and intelligence. A 14 year old boy named Harrison Bergeron breaks out of jail and goes to a ballerina show. He then goes on the stage and tries to get people to join him and take the government down. Then he starts taking off his handicaps and starts dancing with a ballerina. Outside police surround the building then

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    in which someone pays the cost for perfection in society. There are three short stories that are most thematically alike those are: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson in 1948; The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin in 1975; and Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. in 1961. I have chosen these three stories because someone pays the cost in each of these stories and the results in each of them are the same. The elements of plot‚ characterizations‚ settings and symbols of each of these

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    hopeless. In the short stories “In Another Country” written by Ernest Hemingway and “Harrison Bergeron” written by Kurt Vonnegut‚ a sense of loss is all too familiar. “In Another Country” disillusion comes at a cost of lives‚ and injuries‚ while “Harrison Bergeron” disillusion comes at a cost of no diversity‚ and no one allowed to have talents and gifts‚ and not being allowed to be who they are. “Harrison Bergeron”‚ and “In Another Country” are about totally different subjects‚ but they have one thing

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    Minority report and Harrison Bergeron both have something to do with how things might end up I the future. There are many more similarities between them such as both being fictions about what is to come in the future. However‚ there are also many differences. For instance‚ Minority Report was much more about stopping crimes before they happened. While Harrison Bergeron was simply about everybody are equal and no one being better or worse than anyone else. Minority Report is about an elite

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    Conformity Being unique is a way to express oneself as an individual and as a person. Some say being an individual is going against the social norm or not conforming to the unwritten laws of society. Conformity can be a group‚ or society that people take part in who are expected to abide by. Being unique can cause one to face ridicule and isolation. In today’s society‚ the ongoing need for girls to conform to their peers is more important than ever. In the poem‚ Barbie Doll a girl is made

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    People are unequal and we should not treat them equally. What is equality? Equality is a state in which every living person is given the same number of opportunity to vent out their ability to its fullest‚ regardless of gender‚ race‚ wealth‚ religion‚ and so on. However‚ in the world of capitalism and libertarianism‚ people cannot be equal. Each person is born with different amounts of wealth and contrary aspects both physically and mentally‚ no matter how much people fight for equal human

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    having a pet mouse in his pocket and petting it while the animal was dead. It was not normal to have a pet mouse near or in a person’s house. Harrison Bergeron lived his short life believing in overthrowing the government. In his world not one person would think of taking off their handicaps and risking being fined and thrown in jail. Harrison wanted to define the government and become the intense man that we all know and love. The seven foot giant wanted to be known on national television

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    Savagery in Society Wealthy individuals have more privileges and opportunities than the average person. Most wealthy people think down on the poor or ordinary people.  In the short stories “The Ones Who Got Away From Omelas” by LeGuin and Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut both deal with the complications many average people deal with when being judged by people with a higher power.  In each story they both deal with these three problems‚ the struggle of ordinary people to survive‚ the suffering

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    be the most reasonable choice of action. In fact‚ this choice may even physically harm them in some way. The following short stories‚ The Inheritor‚ Tell-Tale Heart‚ and Harrison Bergeron are all examples of a sense of obligation leading someone to make an unreasonable choice. In The Inheritor‚ Tell-Tale Heart‚ and Harrison Bergeron‚ the main characters are all forced to make a choice to either follow what they felt was their moral obligation as a human being or to ensure their own safety. In “The

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    everything seem clear. These influences can be something small‚ like someone saying a sentence‚ or something big‚ like a political crisis in the world. This is shown in the short stories‚ “Initiation”‚ “Divergent Paths”‚ and “Harrison Bergeron”. In “Divergent Paths” and “Harrison Bergeron”‚ the major influence was a large group of people with authority. However‚ in “Initiation”‚ only a stranger on a bus influenced the main character. In the story‚ “Initiation”‚

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