Essay On Harrison Bergeron

In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut the author portrays a society where people are controlled by a sole governing source that handicaps it’s people so that no one is better than anyone and everyone is equal. “The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal... They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else” (299). When George, the main character sees his son get shot on live television, his reaction is less than expected.

In the reading “Harrison Bergeron” the author Kurt Vonnegut Jr demonstrates how the three main characters; George, Hazel and Harrison act in this new futuristic society. We get a small glimpse of what the year 2081 will most likely be made of. This will be ruled by the agents of the United States Handicapper General. The people will be force to be equal in every way; their appearance, their intelligence, their religion, etc. We get to see people who obey the laws as well as people who want to overthrow the government. In this futuristic society, intelligence plays a huge role as well since we witness how people with different levels are treated like George, Hazel and Harrison. The theme of this reading is that forced equality is dangerous

Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if everyone was legally forced into the governments opinion of equality? In Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s short story "Harrison Bergeron", it is the year 2081 and the government has altered society to be mentally, physically and socially equal. The beautiful people are covered with hideous masks, the intelligent people wear ear pieces that let off loud obnoxious sounds at random to throw off there thought process and the strong people wear weights to be equal to the weaker people. The society is not equal because no one can truly be changed unless they want to be. Putting a handicap on an intelligent person does not make him or her equal to an average person,

Imagine having a handicap everywhere you go and having a friend who doesn’t have a handicap, because they’re less skilled. Does this make it seem equal?  Well, it seem like the story “Harrison Bergeron” will answer that, depending on what you think is equal.  In this case, I find that everyone was not truly equal in “Harrison Bergeron.”

In 2081 everyone was treated equally due to laws 211th, 212th, and 213th. Can you imagine a world where nobody could be smarter or stronger than anyone else? In “Harrison Bergeron” the law said that everyone was supposed to be equal in every way but everyone was not truly equal. Everyone in “ Harrison Bergeron” were being treated equally because they are being treated differently, they have leaders that are treating them poorly, and all of these problems could be because of laws 211th, 212th, and 213th.

The problem with an equal society is that no one would be able to be their selves. In order for everyone to be equal, there would have to be some consequences for those who rebel against the law. Also, the handicaps would be necessary in order for everyone to be equal. This would give the government complete control over a society which could also cause problems. Harrison Bergeron is a vivid representation of the potential a government could have on a society, and the dangers of an equal society.

An impartial society: Utopia or Hell? What would happen to the world if the people were literally equal in every aspect of their lives? In the futuristic short story, “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., the world is finally living up to America’s first amendment of everyone being created equal. In this society, the gifted, strong, and beautiful are required to wear handicaps of earphones, heavy weights, and hideous masks, respectively. Thus, these constraints leave the world equal from brains to brawn to beauty. With the world constantly pushing for equality among people, Vonnegut reveals a world that society is diligently working toward. Through this foreshadowing of the future, Vonnegut attempts to use Diana Moon Glampers and

A perfect society where everyone is equal due to a variety of handicaps, but is everyone truly equal? In ‘harrison Bergeron” anyone who had any abilities whatsoever are forced to wear different handicaps depending on their ability except for the one person called the handicapper general, who does have power and is in charge of keeping the peace. If anyone disobeyes the law that forces them to wear handicaps, would be put in jail or even killed if they threatened the government's authority. Harrison Bergeron is a 14 year old boy who was put in jail because he had extraordinary abilities and he was suspected of plotting to overthrow the government.

The story “Harrison Bergeron” is about a society in the future where people with beauty, strength, or intelligence are given handicaps in order to decrease these abilities they were born with so they are able to be brought down to a level that would make everyone equal to each other. Due to this, one Harrison Bergeron stood against the government by removing his handicaps as to regain his freedom from them, all while being watched on television by George and Hazel Bergeron. The book “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut is a story that teaches readers that you should never let anyone take away your freedom from you.

Ever thought about everybody being equal? In the story, “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is about a family who had to have at least one handicap on them, only because they were smart, looked good, or even athletic. The setting takes place in the future of 2081. Therefore their government was ruling everybody's life and body. Only because they were in one way superior from other people. They would also harm the people physically and mentally one is they would have the athletics wear like a fifty pound weight and overly intelligent would wear a handicap that would affect them to slow their brain. His thoughts fled in panic, like bandits from a burglar alarm.”That is only one of many handicaps that they would put on people because

The disability that was presented in the movie was a head band that controlled how smart you were. The head band sends frequencies to the brain in order to rewire it making that person, not to intelligent or unintelligent, but average. The disability was created so people would not get jealous of someone else’s ability. The government used these head bands to control

For example, George and Hazel’s son was taken away because he was way above the average level. This didn't happen to the other families. Also everyone is treated differently by how smart, quick, and good looking everyone is. Another example could be that the government is treating Harrison differently from the rest of the society because he is above average in every other way, and the government is afraid that he could over power them. This is significant because when you treat someone equally, you treat them the same way you treat anyone else. But this shows that everyone is treated by different levels not equally. Others might say that everyone is being treated equally because of their handicaps and they interrupt their thought if they

Charles Evans Hughes once states,” When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.” In the story Harrison Bergeron, written by Kurt Vonnegut, that statement is repeatedly challenged and is portrayed as false in this “equal” utopia. A government tried to create an equal society by giving everyone specific handicaps. The handicaps brought the citizens to a certain bar of intelligence, athletics, and beauty. People such as Harrison Bergeron strongly disagreed with the law, and he even tried rebelling, but then got shot down. Does this sound like an equal utopia to you? Is this truly what equality is? I believe that in the story, that everyone is not equal. With the fact that so many segments are flawed in the

Can an equal society truly exist? The story, “Harrison Bergeron” gives one perspective answer to this question throughout the story. The story portrays one main conflict between Harrison Bergeron, a genius boy who is very talented, against a “government” that makes the entire society equal by handicapping the more gifted, down to the level of the less fortunate or incapable. Harrison constantly outgrows his tremendous handicaps faster than the government can create them and plans to overthrow the handicap government and society with his genius. The reader learns that there is a constant struggle with the people in the society who are smarter being able to think on their own for a short while to only come and find themselves lost, since

Everyone is not equal because they may look the same, sound the same, and act the same, but on the inside they have different feelings, different beliefs, and different DNA. No one is the same, everyone is different. Even twins are different in a type of way. You can not force everyone to be equal. That is forcing people to be something their not. Everyone has their own personality.