Harrison Bergeron Research Paper

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Miles Minnich Mrs. Deibler CP English 10 5 March 2024 Paper Research People talk about equality everyday, and protest and pray for it. However, equality might not always be as good as people may think it may seem. In 1961, the story “Harrison Bergeron” was written, and it was about a world where everyone is as equal as can be. Giving people restrictions and things that make them equal but really just hold them back and let the government control them makes the thought of everyone being completely equal not good. Author Biography The author Kurt Vonnegut had a very special life and was not the usual person. Vonnegut was born November 11, 1922 and grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana where Vonnegut attended Shortridge High School, before attending Cornell University. But Vonnegut decided to drop out (Allen). While in high school, …show more content…
While George and Hazel were arguing with each other about how unfair this world is and watching ballerinas on TV, there is a news announcement that tells them that Harrison has escaped from jail (Vonnegut). All of a sudden Harrison is on the TV and takes one of the ballerinas and dances with her and is super happy (Vonnegut). Then the handicap general comes on and kills Harrison (Vonnegut). Hazel and George are super sad and then they can’t remember why they are, the government has wiped their memory of that (Vonnegut). They are clueless and go back to living how they did before in this unfair world. Throughout the story “Harrison Bergeron”, the author Vonnegut addresses that a society can not be successful without independence and free will by having an earpiece in George's ear. The narrator tells us, “Every twenty seconds or so the transmitter would send out some sharp noises to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains” (Vonnegut). George has to have an earpiece in his ear that restricts him from really having any thoughts. The noise makes him so that he can

Harrison Bergeron Research Paper

works such as “2BR02B” and “Harrison Bergeron”. Building on the works of dystopian fiction writers, Veronica Roth wrote the book “Divergent,” which was then adapted into a major motion picture directed by Douglas Wick. All of these…

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Harrison Bergeron Research Paper

Prompt: How is “Harrison Bergeron,” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., a dystopian genre? Harrison Bergeron is a dystopian genre because in the story the society is viewed as perfect. So people might assume it to be perfect, but once citizens' freedom, rights, and individuality are taken away, they become part of a dystopia no matter how "perfect" it seems. The citizens are under constant surveillance, the citizens have limited information, their independence is few, and their freedom is restricted and controlled…

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Harrison Bergeron Research Paper

who is a threat is someone who is likely to inflict harm upon others. Whereas a hero is someone who is admired for their courage, noble qualities, or outstanding achievements. There is a fine line between the two. In the short story entitled "Harrison Bergeron" the author, Kurt Vonnegut describes the future. In 2081, everyone was made equal through handicaps. They were not only equal under the law but also mentally and physically. Nobody was better than anyone else by being stronger, smarter, or better…

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Harrison Bergeron Research Paper

and everyone will find they are being controlled. In handicapped communities, people with disabilities are often looked at as stronger and smarter than everyone else. However, in Harrison Bergeron, they say that Harrison is dangerous because he is under-handicapped and is a significant threat to everyone. Harrison Bergeron Page 4: They see him as a big threat…

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Harrison Bergeron Research Paper

“Harrison Bergeron”: The Dangers of Government Control Kurt Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron," is a dystopia that explores the danger of government control. The use of handicaps, political control, and punishments, prove how dangerous a dystopia like this can be. The use of handicaps controls individuality. In this story, people with above-average smarts, strength, or beauty are made to wear handicaps to force the idea of “sameness”. The handicaps, which are radios, heavy weights, or disguises…

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Harrison Bergeron Research Paper

” – Linda Ellerbee. 50 years from now, everyone is equal in every which way. Those that are not equal are given handicaps to restrict them from beings, smarter, stronger, and more beautiful than everyone else in the society. The society in Harrison Bergeron is controlled by the Handicapper General which is now the modern day government. In order to gain complete control over the way people in the society act is by making everyone equal, producing handicaps for those that have an advantage over the…

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Harrison Bergeron Research Paper

In Harrison Bergeron on page 6, a Handicapper General, Diana Moon Glampers, loaded her gun--on television--and shot at the fourteen year old boy and the ballerina that danced gracefully in the air. After the shot was fired the Bergeron’s television suddenly burned out. Hazel Bergeron--the woman watching the television program pour out before her eyes--couldn’t remember the events she watched after the TV burnt out. The television burned after the shot to erase their memories of that moment. The Government…

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