Comparing Story Of An Hour And Harrison Bergeron

Kate Chopin's ideas of feminism were seen in this story through Louise Mallard's reaction after the death of her husband. I will prove that the repression Louise Mallard felt was so intense she would rather die than spend another day in servitude. Also I will cite an example of how the author's feelings of repression were seen through Louise Mallard.

Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle once said, “The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.” Kurt Vonnegut portrays Aristotle’s philosophy brilliantly in his short story “Harrison Bergeron.” The story depicts the American government in the future mandating physical handicaps in an attempt to make everyone equal. Vonnegut describes a world where no one is allowed to excel in the areas of intelligence, athletics, or beauty. Yet, the inequalities among the people shine even brighter. Vonnegut uses satire to explore the question of whether true equality can ever really exist.

Mrs. Mallard in "The Story of an Hour" had to deal with a sort of burden. Her husband had control over her "body and soul". She felt that he lived her life for her and did "not believe that anyone had the right to impose a private will on a fellow creature" (Chopin). This control caused her to long for freedom from her husband's harsh behavior. Mrs. Mallard

Kate Chopin is known for being criticized for empowering the subject of female sexuality and independence. In Chopin’s short story, “The Story of an Hour”, it is placed in a time where men were known as being the head of the household while women were only in charge of raising the children and caring for the home. In the 1890s, women didn’t have so much power to themselves compared to today’s society where female empowerment is frequently encouraged. Chopin’s story narrates a sequence of Mrs. Mallard’s emotions that goes within the motion of the story. As she overcomes the sudden death of her husband, her emotion of grief soon turns into the sudden feeling of freedom, later on emerging into a strong independent woman.

Kurt Vonnegut published “Harrison Bergeron” to express his thoughts of what a world with equality might look like. The setting of this takes place in front of a TV to emphasis how much is it looked to for answers. The government wants everyone the same and will go to any means necessary. In the constitution, “all men are created equal” can be found, and this short story explores the ideas of when that sentence is taken too literal. In “Harrison Bergeron,” Vonnegut paints his readers a picture illustrating the dangers of conforming three different individuals, Hazel, George, and Harrison, to the same level of expectation through the power of government control and television.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s “Harrison Bergeron” tells the story of an unbelievably talented young man that defies the constraints of total equality in futuristic America, year 2081. Because of the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments, all citizens are subjected to a communist like state where everyone is made to be equal in beauty, physique, and intelligence. Throughout “Harrison Bergeron,” symbols such as Harrison’s defiance of the law, his physical attributes, and the setting presents the theme of the story as the idea that total equality would be disastrous.

In the beginning of "The Story of an Hour," Mrs. Mallard is just a typical wife. It is not until she

The futuristic worlds created by Chandler Tuttle’s short film 2081 and Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron” are both based on a society that believes it has reached pure equality among its people. On the surface they look like the same story. Both have the people wearing handicaps to allow everyone to be equal, and both have Harrison Bergeron dying at the end. 2081 oozes with a recalcitrant feeling toward the idea that the society has reached pure equality. Chandler Tuttle gave the short film a sense of rebellion through his choice to add different details to the story that allow us to get a better understanding on the protagonist rebellious intent .

Throughout the short story, Harrison Bergeron, written by Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut tries to spread a general theme. In Harrison Bergeron, the audience meets several characters in a utopian society. In this utopian society, everyone is equal. If someone had an above average intelligence, they were handicapped. These handicaps were not to be taken off, but to be worn at all times. They all had to be on the same level. In the end, people try to break free, and the government did not want the society to be like this, so they killed them. Today our society is trying to equalize, but we have not been successful. The theme in the short story Harrison Bergeron is that equalizing is not always good to do in a world like we have today.

In “The Story of an Hour”, the main character Mrs. Mallard, gets news that her husband has been killed in an accident. Her sister delays telling her the news because she has a bad heart, but when she finally tells the news, Mrs. Mallard wants to be left alone. They think that she is very upset by her husband’s death, but

This story portrays the future with pure equality where everybody is the same. This story is about the parents of a kid named Harrison Bergeron and what happens at the end of his life. Harrison had just escaped prison, and his parents are seeing the news report. Then his parents talk about cheating the system, but his father says that they can’t do that. They decide to watch the music concert and dance on the television. At a point during the concert Harrison Bergeron busts in and says that he is the new ruler of the world. Harrison tears the shackles off himself and a woman. Harrison and the woman then dance and start to float into the sky. Then the Handicapper General bursts in, kills Harrison and the woman, and then tells the band to get their devices back on or they will die. The story concludes with the father hearing a gunshot of a killed musician, and the wife forgetting what was on the television. Showing that they will never remember that there son is dead (Vonnegut 193-197). This story is really about how pure equality is a very bad decision. The fact that Harrison Bergeron could just tear off all of his shackles shows you can’t hold somebody down. It takes a world of equality and shows how it can’t work. It shows you can’t force everybody to do what you want, because eventually enough people

The story "Harrison Bergeron" is about George and Hazel Bergeron in future america. It was the year 2081, and everyone the the Bergeron's world are equal. The government uses "handicaps" in order to make everyone "equal", which consist of masks, clown noses, sound transmitters in the ears of citizens, and bags of birdshot tied around the necks, arms, legs, or wherever, depending on how strong or intelligent the person is. Obviously this society of total equality is wrong and taken way too far. The short story “Harrison Bergeron,” written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., teaches its readers that total equality can be harmful! This sentence will be the last sentence of your first paragraph.

Through their works, Kate Chopin and Virginia Woolf were able to portray a certain relationship between women and society. While some literary pieces are optimistic towards women, others are not. In this case, The Awakening, a novella written by Kate Chopin, focuses on the inner battle that the main character Edna faces throughout her life. On the other hand, Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, discusses ideas related to gender inequality. Both women seem to be facing inner turmoil that correlates back to the relationship between women and society during these time periods. Ultimately, their experiences are what drives them to change how they fit into societal norms. Therefore, the texts in this essay theorize the relationship between women and society in a way that can be encouraging towards women.

The focus of the “The Story of an Hour” is on Mrs. Mallard, who is the quaint and seemed to be frail women with a heart condition. Mrs. Mallard is told that her husband was killed in a tragic train accident. As she processes this devastating news, she realizes that she is free from the chains of her marriage. That she can finally be the woman

“The Story of an Hour” tells the story about Mrs. Mallard, who learns that her husband is dead and right after that faces a great variety of emotions and feelings. Mrs. Mallard has a heart problem. One day she gets news that her husband has died in a railroad disaster. She starts crying at once, goes upstairs and locks herself in her room. She feels very lonely at first but then she starts feeling happy and free from her marriage. After some time she opens the door and descends the stairs. She surprisingly sees Mr. Mallard at the door. When she looks at Mr. Mallard, she dies suddenly. The doctor says that she dies of her heart disease, from the "joy that kills." This story illustrates the dependent condition and status of married women in the 19th century and reveals the fact that there is no way of escaping from marriage except one’s death.