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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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    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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    I can’t believe I really thought you were different‚ different than all the guys out there. Everyone kept warning me: he’s a player‚ don’t fall for him. But I was too blinded by all the sweet things you told me‚ the way you always know what to say to me to make me melt. I kept telling myself you weren’t that person when you were with me. I actually thought you cared about me. But you know what‚ I finally opened my eyes and saw the truth I didn’t want to see. You’re just the same‚ you’re not that

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    Theme is as crucial to the story as any other element‚ it be192ing the main idea and message being portrayed within it. But sometimes the theme isn ’s so easily understood‚ "it may be what the happenings add up to‚ what the story is about" (Kennedy 185). In a story written by Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. entitled Harrison Bergeron‚ this type of theme is apparent. The story doesn ’t express its purpose as obvious as most and careful attention is required to fully understand the writers intent. Vonnegut main

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    The storyHarrison Bergeron‚ was written by Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. and published in October‚ 1961. Harrison Bergeron was written in 3rd person omniscient‚ but the narrator does not know everything about anybody. The author states‚ “ “Yup‚” said George. He tried to think a little about the ballerinas.” This quote is saying what George is thinking. Another example is after Harrison and the ballerina got shot by Diana Moon Glampers and then the television tube burned out. Kurt says “Hazel turned to comment

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    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 losing one’s

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    They are handicapped in order to not advance and as humans grow older many of them slowly progress into different stages. However‚ a majority of people usually stop at Stage Three. In the short storyHarrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut‚ George Bergeron’s moral development has reached a Stage Four. The story starts with George at a Stage One. He is

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    Harrison Bergeron” “The worst form of inequality is the try to make unequal things equal”(Aristotle). In simpler words‚ the worst form of inequality is when someone tries to make something equal‚ that is not meant to be equal. In the short storyHarrison Bergeron” the government sought out to make a completely equal society. Consequently‚ when they do this‚ they limit the people’s abilities so everyone is completely equal. In this short story‚ the government succeeds in making an “equal” society

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    Would you want a violent maniac saying that he ran your society? This is exactly for the society in the short storyHarrison Bergeron”. Harrison is threatening everyone due to his violent and controlling nature. He is a danger‚ and not someone to be called a hero. Harrison was a threat to society by the way he acted uncontrollably brutal. It says‚ “But Harrison snatched two of the musicians from their chairs and waved them around like batons as he sang the music as he wanted it played. He slammed

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    people have been made equal through the use of physical and mental handicaps. The United States Constitution mandates this equality in the 211th‚ 212th‚ and 213th Amendments‚ and the law is enforced by Diana ‚ the Handicapper General.George Bergeron and Hazel Bergeron are watching ballerinas on television‚ so that their dancing is not too beautiful. Since George is naturally quite intelligent‚ he must wear a mental handicap radio in his ear it torments him with a variety of sharp noises every twenty seconds

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