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Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut

            Have you ever wondered what it would be like if everyone in the world had to be 100% equal in every way that the government thinks you should be? Kurt Vonnegut was the youngest of three children. The older two siblings had gone to private schools. When it was time for him to go to school due to the great depression his parents sent him to public school. While serving in the Army during World War II he was captured by Germans. he had a part in the Bombing raids, Kurt moved to Chicago where he Again worked for the government. He was also a Newspaper Reporter. He got his Master's Degree in Anthropology. (the Study of human societies and cultures and their development). In this story the government wants everyone to be equal and they will do anything to get that done, the handicapper general and the G-men run everything. If you are prettier, smarter, stronger, than anyone els you must wear masks, weights, and have a piece in your ear that makes sounds so you "do not take unfair advantage of your brain". The government took a 7 foot 14 year old boy named Harrison Bergeron to jail for "trying to overthrow the government. Eventually Diana Moon Glampers (Handicapper General) kills Harrison after he escapes jail and goes to a studio where there is ballerinas on tv and he breaks off all his weights and all the weights of a ballerina and all the musicians, and Says that he is the emperor and that she is his empress and they show everyone how to dance. While there are many arguments for themes in this story i feel the theme in this story is freedom, it is in the story many times but vonnegut throws all of the American rights of freedom away in this short story but almost everything that happens in this story relates back to the theme of freedom. In the story Harrison bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut Talks about Freedom for people. Saying how bad a equal society is he tells the story through Harrison Bergeron.


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1. Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut

Imagery In Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut uses imagery to convey his thoughts of how handicaps affect this society. ... Details Kurt Vonnegut uses details to show how different the society in Harrison Bergeron is compared to our own because of extreme equality. ... Language In Kurt Vonnegut's story, Harrison Bergeron uses different words of definitions to words than we use today. For example, the work "Equal" is used very different in Harrison Bergeron than in our society. ... Syntax Harrison Bergeron uses syntax in a variety of different ways. ...

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  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

2. Harrison Bergeron

A good example of this is Harrison Bergeron's story. ... Themes and Meanings Kurt Vonnegut's purpose in "Harrison Bergeron- is clear and unequivocal. ... In "Harrison Bergeron,"" as elsewhere in his writings, Kurt Vonnegut carefully suggests that humanity is at once noble and the cause of much unnecessary suffering. ... The ironic reality that in order to be fair to one group, society must be unfair or unjust to others, is the basis of "Harrison Bergeron- and much of Vonnegut's fiction. ... For example, as Harrison Bergeron and his dance partner dance and leap into the ai...

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  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

3. Harrison Bergeron

In the short story, Harrison Bergeron, the author, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. depicts an extreme egalitarian future for society based on the mistakes we are making today. In the story, the parents of Harrison, George & Hazel, spend the entire time watching and discussing what they see on television. ... The movie of Harrison Bergeron elaborates even more on the way too many people rely on media for information without ever questioning whether what we are viewing is accurate information. ... The government's actions to protect mankind in Harrison Bergeron end up turning them into emotionless...

  • Word Count: 539
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

4. Harrison Bergeron: The Power of Conformity

In Harrison Bergeron, we are faced with our perception of what seems to be a utopia, to be accomplished. ... (Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.), he reveals the drastic measures that were needed to take place in order for our goal of a Utopian society to exist. ... (Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.), Vonnegut is demonstrating the meandering, nonsensical interactions that have become standard in this fictional society. ... When Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. writes, "Harrison tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper, tore straps guaranteed to support five thousand pounds. (Har...

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5. Kurt Vonneguts Inspiration

Kurt Vonnegut's Inspiration. ... "No pain" easily inspired "Harrison Bergeron" and "Long Walk to Forever." ... In "Harrison Bergeron", people were given handicaps to enforce the equality of all people. ... Hazel Bergeron, the mother of Harrison Bergeron, watched her son get shot and killed on television. ... Kurt Vonnegut was inspired by his siblings, and expressed his inspiration well in these short stories. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

6. Kurt Vonnegut: an analysis of

All of Kurt Vonnegut's books are strongly satirical and ironical (Vonnegut often uses very dark humor), funny, compassionate and extremely wise. ... I read and summarized three of his works: Cat's Cradle, Harrison Bergeron, and Slaughterhouse five. ... When you examine Cat's Cradle, Harrison Bergeron, and Slaughterhouse five you are given a good idea of Vonnegut a writer, because it provides a cross section of his ideas and the themes he is attempting to portray. ... In Harrison Bergeron, Vonnegut presented a scary view of a future society, where everyone was equal. ... In ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

7. Equality in Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut utilized his gift of short story writing to do so and through "Harrison Bergeron" he speaks out. ... Vonnegut's allusion to the desensitizing done by television is primarily seen through Harrison's mother, Hazel Bergeron. ... "Something real sad on television." " (Vonnegut) Jonathan Alvarez says that Vonnegut's discussion of the desensitization done by television was spurred by a speech my Newton Minnow written earlier in the same year "Harrison Bergeron" was written entitled, "The Vast Wasteland." ... Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron," in my opinion, ca...

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8. Harrison Bergeron

Harrison Bergeron Essay In the short story "Harrison Bergeron", the author, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., uses his natural ability of satire to illustrate a dystopian future, where the value of "equality" is said to be held above all else. ... In "Harrison Bergeron", the society in which the characters live is centered around the seemingly virtuous ideal of equality, opening with the almost macabre line, "The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal." ... The theme of dehumanization is not uncommon for Vonnegut, being commonplace in almost every one of his books, from Player Piano to Sirens of T...

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  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

9. Harrison Bergeron

In the story Harrison Bergeron, by Kurt Vonnegut, the author calls attention to the heroic and villainous characters. As we examine the story, these two poles become challenging to identify and we become conscious of the fact that the protagonist, Harrison Bergeron, can easily be depicted as the hero and the villain. In spite of the fact that opinions may be at variance, I believe that Harrison Bergeron is neither the hero nor the villain. ... cried Harrison. ... Harrison Bergeron cannot be declared heroic nor can he be a villain, he is simply a result of mankind. ...

  • Word Count: 780
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

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