Examples Of Figurative Language In Harrison Bergeron

The story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. explains that people are being forced to wear handicaps to make everyone equal in every aspect. Also, a man called Harrison Bergeron was sent to prison without a trial because the government believed that he was planning to overthrow the government but later on he escapes. It also explains that Harrison goes to the TV studio where a ballerina had given the news to the public and claims that he is the Emperor of everyone. He soon told everyone that he was going to select an Empress and so, a ballerina stood up and became his Empress. Harrison and the ballerina soon started to dance and kissed. As they were dancing Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicap General, came in and shot both Harrison and the ballerina and command everyone who had their handicaps off to put them on before they too get shot.The was a what Harrison Bergeron was about.

Based on what I read, it says “every few seconds, a transmitter would make a sharp sound to stop George from thinking”, “That was a pretty dance, Hazel said”, and “George toyed with the idea of ballerinas shouldn’t be handicapped.” This is significant by the reason is that in twenty seconds, George was still able to think of how the ballerinas should not be handicapped when he has handicaps stopping him from thinking a few seconds later. As for Hazel, all she can think of was how the ballerinas dance beautifully. While others may believe that handicaps can control and maintain people to be equal, what they should think about is about the intelligence each person has. For example, George is above average and is able to have the advantage to think of many things.CONCLUSION

Kurt Vonnegut’s unique story “Harrison Bergeron,” displays a theme which is a warning about the dangers of equality, which is equality is a hindrance to an individual’s success and society’s success, but this hindrance is ironically, unequal. In the story, Harrison and his bride are arrested for their unwillingness and inability to stay within the bounds of equality enforced by the Handicapper General. Equality hinders the success of an individual like the weights hinder the beauty and grace of the ballerinas in the story. Equality doesn’t promote everyone to be equally better, but to be unequally worse. Handicaps are no use in ensuring equality, because one’s strengths will always shine through, such as Harrison’s strength and wit, or the

Harrison Bergeron is a story written by Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut’s story is a warning to the world about the quest of equality, which is spreading all round in many nations with America on the lead. The story shows the reader how the equality issue can have negative impacts on people’s individuality, and the society. The story revolves around the protagonist, Harrison Bergeron who is an archetypical symbol that represents defiance, and individuality. He is used to represent the people who will stand up, and protest against cruel laws imposed by the state on equality, and encourage others to protest with him. Through the characterization of Harrison, George and Hazel, Vonnegut shows how the equality idea can go to the extreme. The

“Harrison Bergeron”, by Kurt Vonnegut takes place in 2081, where people are “handicapped”(like the characters George and Harrison), in attempt to create equality. George always hears many noises that interrupt his thoughts, so he does not have the ability to be smarter than anyone else. Adding on top of that, weights on his neck to drag him down. One day, Hazel and George are watching dancers on the T.V and see their son, Harrison, appear there from jail. He rips his MANY handicaps off, while choosing an empress, and frees the dancers/musicians. Suddenly, the Handicapper General, Diana MOon Glampers, came into the commotion and killed Harrison and the empress. She also tells everyone to put back on their handicaps. George and Hazel don’t remember a thing about what Harrison tried to do for society or what had just happened. Throughout the story, Vonnegut uses many similes, fragments, parallel structure, and powerful word choice in the story. Some common effects that they create are, mood, characterization, imagery, and emphasis.

In the short story “Harrison Bergeron”, Kurt Vonnegut reveals George’s accepting tone towards the rules of society through syntax. The first example of George’s accepting tone towards the rules of society through syntax is when he says that he doesn’t really care about it and that it is part of him. George is holding the bag of lead balls from around his neck and says,” I don’t mind it … I don’t notice it any more. It’s just part of me” (2). The string of short sentences help emphasize just how much he accepts it as being part of him. The author also says “I don’t” two times in a row, directing the focus of the sentence on how George tolerates the rules of society. The second example of George’s accepting tone towards the

The short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is considered an example dystopian society because it demonstrates many attributes of a typical dystopian society. According to the handout a dystopian society has information, independent thought, and freedom restricted from the citizens. In the story the narrator talks about how, “the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains”(1). These transmitters prevent people from thinking creatively and imaginatively, which is a restriction of free thought and an example of a characteristic of a dystopian society. Also in the handout it describes how bureaucratic control is when society is controlled with strict rules and

Throughout this short story, Vonnegut Jr. shows us not everything is great about “All men are created equal.” This is shown through the characters on George and Hazel Bergeron who happen to be Harrison’s father and mother. The government also handicaps George Bergeron like his son. As they say, like father, like son. George is intelligently gifted as well as physically and this leads to “A little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sort of sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains” (195). This is showing if you have thoughts that are “too smart” you are being punished for it. With this individuals are being punished for having an imagination and thinking outside the box. Not only is this is penalizing the individual, but it is also penalizing society. New developments such as medical equipment, technology and new ways

The satirical work, Harrison Bergeron, is a work of science of fiction that takes place 120 years into the future, when Constitutional Amendments have made everyone equal, not just before the law but equal in all manner of ways. It is because of the enforcement of the amendments by the United States Handicapper General that no one person is smarter, stronger, swifter, or more beautiful than anyone else. The agents of the Handicapper General (H-G men, an allusion to the term G-men, given during the 1940s and 1950s to Federal Bureau of Investigation and Secret Service officers) enforce the equality laws. The thinking of smart people for example is regularly interrupted with dreadful noises going off in their heads. Beautiful and graceful ballerinas

The two short stories contain elements of the Marxist Theory to build up the central conflict. In Harrison Bergeron, equality is forced amongst the citizens. To enforce such, governmental officials placed handicaps on people, causing people like Harrison to look like a “walking junkyard. In the race of life, Harrison carried three hundred pounds” (pg. 36). Because of his stature, the government placed handicaps all over his body. In this sense, the government was oppressing Harrison’s athletic skills and character with the handicaps. Though there was no capital involved in this story, the government resembles the bourgeois and upper-class who oppressed the handicapped citizens, or proletarians. This overall conflict with the country, as well with Harrison, is a class struggle. Through the lens of the Marxist theory, The Interlopers also contained many aspects of the class struggle, as

These handicaps didn’t allow him the freedom to express himself in any way. Uniqueness is something that makes a person who they are. This type of equality destroys a society. Also Vonnegut shows a segregation of sexes by giving the ballerina’s handicap’s to keep them from freely dancing. Chapple showed how segregation creates Stereotypes of how women “should behave, to what they should aspire, and what talents and capabilities they possess” (Chapple 537).

In “Harrison Bergeron”, a short story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., his choice of figurative language and negative themes left the reader to question their own society. The first type of figurative language used by Vonnegut was alliteration. He used this to describe and exagerate the handicaps that Harrison had. Vonnegut writes on page 24, “ Harrison’s appearance was Halloween and hardware. Nobody had ever borne heavier handicaps.

A seemingly flawless, utopian society is revealed to actually be a dystopian world in Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s short-story, “Harrison Bergeron.” George and Hazel Bergersen are inhabitants of a nation, where everyone is equal. In an attempt to achieve this equality, the government monitors and moderates those who exhibit above average intelligence, especially through the use of television. Some, such as the couple’s son Harrison, are even incarcerated for their talents. Despite what is popularized and prioritized in widespread media, individuals must seek to discover less known information on their own. Being well informed, grants the freedom for one to stand up for what they believe in. By using satire and universal symbolism, the author depicts

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.

Harrison Bergeron was a short story that was about the conflicts in society at that happened at the time.One of those messages was the control of the government.In the story it shows just how much the government is allowed to control every aspect of people. They even control the thoughts of the citizen. At the time this book was written the civil rights movement had taken place. The author saw complete equality as a bad thing since no one would be unique.