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    In “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut the year was 2081 and everyone was finally equal. The story’s theme is that total equality is not an idea worth trying to accomplish. This mistaken goal would be dangerous in execution and outcome. Equality would not make everyone one perfect‚ but everyone as weak as they could be. In order to accomplish total equality‚ the government would need to torture everyone by making everyone wear handicaps. This is shown by saying” the unceasing vigilance of agents

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    Harrison was different‚ and he wanted to be different. He didn’t want to be like everyone else‚ so he broke free from his chains. But for being different‚ he got killed. Thirdly‚ the author also uses hyperboles to help establish the theme. When George says

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    equal.” This is what all people aspire to have‚ but true equality should never be attained. In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.‚ the year is 2081 and the government has finally constructed their perfect world and made all its people equal. The government forcefully administers handicaps on those who are stronger and smarter than the average person. The character Harrison Bergeron passionately disagrees with this. With Harrison’s rebellious and forceful ways‚ he tries to overthrow

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    EN4405 Don Paterson Tony Harrison and the Language of Authority ‘And so it seemed to me then that the greatest gift I could acquire for myself was the gift of articulation‚ the treasure of eloquence‚ the power over words‚ the power of words.’ So wrote Tony Harrison in his essay ‘Facing up to the muses’ in the Bloodaxe Critical Anthology of his work‚ explaining the origins of his strong belief in the power of language‚ and particularly poetry. Tony Harrison‚ though he has written for both television

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    that he had received a Purple Heart when he had never served in the military or received a Purple Heart. Abel Fields’s was convicted because he lied about serving in the military and lied about receiving a Purple Heart which is against the Stolen Valor Act. The Stolen Valor Act was made in 2006. This act made it a crime to make false claims about receiving many types of military awards. It established fines and prison sentences as punishment. Abel Fields’s was found guilty in his first trial and he

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    people’s own independent mind‚ physical and mental traits. So to answer the question of how can society best achieve the greatest degree of equality for all of its citizens? The answer is you can’t. But there is ways to help this situation. In Harrison Bergeron we see people in what they call handicaps. Physical and mental. the handicaps are there to not let people reach their full potential. Equality is represented

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    “I am the Emperor!” cried Harrison “do you hear? I am the Emperor! everybody must do what I say at once!” page 3. This quote from the story is one of the he things that Harrison did that makes him a threat to society in the story “Harrison Bergeron” where everyone is equal in the year 2081. Harrison is a threat to the society based in the story. So in this essay I will tell you why Harrison is a threat to Society in the story “Harrison Bergeron”. Harrison is a threat to society because for one he

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    In Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron‚ equality is forced upon the citizens by the government. Everyone is forced to wear handicaps that make everyone “equal”. The government‚ strictly enforces these handicaps. If someone were to take a handicap off‚ such as a lead ball hanging from their neck‚ it would be 2 years in prison and a $2‚000 fine. In Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron‚ he shows the government is so corrupt that they will do anything to keep their power. In Harrison Bergeron‚ Kurt Vonnegut

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    story “Harrison Bergeron”‚ Harrison was considered an extreme danger to society “He is a genius and an athlete‚ is under handicapped‚ and should be regarded as extremely dangerous” (pg. 2). At just age fourteen he was taken away from his home. He is a danger‚ because of what they did. Although Harrison was genius‚ he was not so modest. “I am the emperor!............’Even as I stand here crippled‚ hobbled and sickened- I am greater ruler than any man who ever lived”(pg. 3). Harrison was arrested

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    In the book‚ Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr.‚ the main character‚ Harrison is forced to submit to a controlling governmental system or fight for his beliefs. Harrison believes that he should be free to be his own person‚ rather than be controlled by an over powerful government. His parents‚ on the other hand‚ thinks that a controlling government is the right way to live. They believe if the government does not have control‚ then the society would go back to the dark ages which is a time where

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