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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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    In the short story “2BR02B” by Kurt Vonnegut there is this really perfect life where nothing is really bad‚ except if a new child is born you have to have the same number of volunteers to die. There are triplets born that do not have enough volunteers. I can claim that most people don’t want to volunteer to die. My first piece of evidence was found in lines 8 and 9‚ “ X-rays had revealed that his wife was going to have triplets. The children would be his first. Young wehling was hunched in his

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    legal or illegal. In Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”‚ the future consists of a more strict United States government‚ strongly overpowering the citizens. Hazel and George Bergeron are the parents of Harrison Bergeron. Harrison is a 14-year-old boy who is exactly seven feet tall. He intelligent and has abnormal strength and athleticism. Vonnegut has made Harrison a flat character‚ and states his traits very directly. Harrison is very stubborn. “’Harrison Bergeron‚ age fourteen‚” she said

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    Kurt Vonnegut’s short story "Harrison Bergeron" is set in the future (2081)‚ when the government has supposedly made everyone “equal.” The people of this era are forced equal by technology. These people are denied individuality‚ and the governments have taken their freedom by enforcing laws. Vonnegut’s story is a satire because the society he depicts is not truly equal‚ but rather a totalitarian regime under the pretense of equality. I will examine how Vonnegut seems to be implying that in such a

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    Agatha Lai Harrison Bergeron Mar. 9. 2013 Discuss the idea of perfect society. Is it possible to create a perfect society? Dreaming a perfect society seemed unrealistic. When I was young‚ I dream my perfect society as a place with my family‚ toys‚ food‚ and happiness‚ really as a child I don’t think deeply about human rights‚ money‚ and shelter. At that time my perfect life was simple and easy. Happiness was my definition for a perfect society. In the story “Harrison Bergeron” the definition

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    PART ONE 1. What did Vonnegut base his novel Slaughterhouse Five on?  Vonnegut based his novel Slaughterhouse Five on his own experience as a prisoner of war during World War II. 2. In what genre did Vonnegut most often write?  Vonnegut most often wrote satire‚ but was not restricted to that genre. 3. How did being a journalist influence Vonnegut’s writing? Journalism influenced Vonnegut by making him apply three major rules of journalism. Get the facts right‚ compose straightforward declarative

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    Litature is a major contributory factor in a decade. In the 70s there were several break-out authors who we still read and look up to today. Among them are John Updike‚ Joyce Carol Oates‚ Kurt Vonnegut‚ Toni Morrison‚ Neil Simon‚ Sam Sheperd‚ Agatha Christie‚ Robert C. Atkins‚ Christina Crawford‚ Richard Nixon‚ Carl Sagan‚ and Stephen King. Robert C. Atkins is responsible for the Atkins Diet which has taken America by storm. Christina Crawford is responsible for the book Mommie Dearest‚ which

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    give a deeper understanding of the work as a whole. Kurt Vonnegut’s classic short story‚ “Harrison Bergeron”‚ contains the perfect example of such questions. “Harrison Bergeron” takes place in a futuristic society that emphasizes the right of equality. Each member of society is shackled down with handicapping tools to become the same as everyone else‚ whether that be intelligence‚ athleticism‚ or overall appearance. In “Harrison Bergeron”‚ Vonnegut analyzes the question of whether equality is worth

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    In the short story‚ Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.‚ Harrison is a super-human who tries to overthrow a corrupt government in which they put people in harm’s way in order to create an equal society. The government convinces the citizens of the United States that equality is ideal and society and society should have no competition. The government officials tried to create a perfect‚ utopian world‚ yet it backfires into a fearful dystopia. Harrison is considered a threat by the government‚

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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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