Pursuing Perfection In The Perfect Match And Harrison Bergeron

The urge to be seen as perfect is a wish normally found among humans. Nonetheless, even multiple animals are nonresistant to this desire. Imagine a bird attempting to draw the greatest mate by making a perfect nest. The bird will fight for a twig that it thinks will build its nest that will surpass the rest. The bird will even go so far as to break the eggs in a nest if it has something that the bird wishes to have as its own. Likewise in humans, there are characters that struggle to be perfect so much so that they start to place their own image above others. In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, there are characters that give in to their own longing to create an ideal life, or perfect society. As a result, it leads them to disregard

The story “Harrison Bergeron” written by Kurt VOnnegut Jr. explores the idea of a perfect society. A life where you are completely oppressed to be like everyone else. A young boy known as Harrison Bergeron seeks to have change in society and for everyone to be free.

In the novel ‘Feed’, M.T Anderson proposed a human can have a small chip placed in the head, that feeds them the best deals, and latest trends, as well as providing all the functions laptops and cell phones used today could provide, and in having this chip implanted in their heads, it encourages buying the best bargains and purchasing the latest products, and keeping up with the trends that are changing daily. Throughout the Novel, Anderson plays with the idea technology as negative effects on society. He shows a society where people’s ability to think is decreasing, as is their emotional capacity, where corporations run the system and have let the environment suffer because of it. He shows a society where advertising and consumerism are driving the human race, and reducing people’s humanity.

Imagine a world where an oppressive government captures what many call diversity. Where ugly is known as beauty and intelligence is insignificant. “They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else.” (Vonnegut) This is the future that Harrison experiences, in the short story “Harrison Bergeron,” by Kurt Vonnegut. It is the year 2081 and the government handicaps every citizen with make up or weights to create equality. Where there are over than 200 amendments and the government has full control of all citizens, this is indeed against what America had been

Do you think society would improve if everyone was equal? Even though people may argue with me, I say that everyone isn’t truly equal in the story, Harrison Bergeron. I say this due to how people that are naturally born with above average intelligence, strength, and looks gorgeous has to wear handicaps to hide their unique abilities. Another reason is that some people are either respected or disrespected because of their special talents. Thirdly, some people in the story does not need to follow the law, even if they are a citizen of the United States, which means that everyone does not have equal rights.

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

Have you ever been told you can’t do something because you are too qualified? In Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron” this is what America has turned into in 2081. Vonnegut uses characters in his story to show the effects of a truly “equal” society with what happens when they want everyone equal and what happens to some of their health. Some of the characters he uses are Harrison, George, and the ballerinas.

"Government need supervision, just like a ten ages do, if you give them too much freedom they will get out of control and will walk over you!" - Zybejta Beta Metani'Marashi. The short story, "Harrison Bergeron" By Kurt Vonnegut is about the government in America finally making people equal in every which way -anyone who is above average in anything gets handicapped in some way-. The short story, "Test" by Theodore Thomas explains how higher authorities use their power to decide the fates of people by checking their reaction on a test individual’s take. The theme of both of these stories is to never give the government too much power, otherwise, the people will face a lot of trouble.

Striving for perfection is something that would better improve our society and really change the way we see what society is because everyone would be making an effort to really strive for the ideal world of flawlessness. Just the mere idea of getting closer to perfection is something that makes us attempt to be more perfect. In the article, “Cheaters Never Win,” Christopher Bergland, a Guinness World Record holding athlete says that, ¨yes, you want to be your absolute best and to try our hardest to win and to be thrilled if you are victorious” (Bergland 7). Bergland is trying to inform his readers that our society would be a better place because everyone is trying their best to succeed and in this case, be their most perfect self. In order for the society to reach perfection, everyone should be trying their very best in order to strive for perfection. We should all be putting forth all our effort we have in order to get just a little bit closer to the idea of perfection and flawlessness. Society would improve for the better if all individuals strived for the world of perfection because every single person would give all that they’ve got in order to make this world just a little bit more perfect. This quote from Bergland is saying that we all need to try our hardest to strive for flawlessness and that we should be thrilled if we do achieve this goal. Trying our best from the start just makes us closer to reaching perfection which allows us to have the driven passion to be

Others would argue that a perfect world is a false paradise, one that robs people of their individuality. People are supposed to be different. These topics are discussed in The Giver and Uglies. Both authors demonstrate that the power of technology would one day harm society. The two novels are both based in an utopian society which would eventually becomes a major problem that ruins their perfect little worlds.

At some point in their lives, every single person on earth will face the standard of being perfect. Whether it be by passing by the daunting mirror that reminds them of their faults, or by the friend telling them they should visit the gym. It is a constant threat against the majority of society. Being perfect, as shown by Karen Linn in her short film “Perfection”, does not work well; aiming for total perfection strains the emotions, can do more harm than good, and overall does not help anyone around us.

Can the desire of perfection be disastrous? The desire to be perfect is the problem we as humans have.The world we live in thrive off of perfection. Perfection today is having the latest clothes,phones and shoes. The struggle of being perfect can cause us mental issues and also physical harm to oneself. Edith Schaeffer stated “People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.” This statement puts what society is today if you don't have the perfect couple, the perfect clothes we don't fit in.

I believe Andrew Niccol is trying to say by using this quote is perfection is in our own perception and everyone has their own purpose. This quote means to think about everything God has created. You cannot change what He has done, even if you think it is wrong. Niccol shows this idea throughout the film when humans try to tamper with God’s creation, organize people by their physical capability, and create inequality.

The impossible search for perfection isn't a new concept for society, especially Americans. Stemming from our founding fathers to modern day man, and fictional characters of American literature chasing and attaining perfection is a goal that can't be achieved but will chased to all ends. Over the course of the second semester our class has studied the writings and philosophies of great American authors which include, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Benjamin Franklin, and Horatio Alger to name a few. F. Scott Fitzgerald creates the perfect American character in Jay Gatz or the “Great Gatsby” and portrays him as a man who is searching for perfection but falls short as do the rest of Americans. Ironically millions have read the riveting novel and have grasped the concept that perfection is unattainable but still try to attain it. The sooner it's realized that the concept of a perfect man doesn't exist society will be able to work on its weakness’ and improve all together. Even one of the Founding Fathers Benjamin Franklin, sought to achieve moral perfection but came to the conclusion that it didn't exist. Franklin planned to become morally perfect over thirteen weeks practicing a single virtue each week and kept track of his results in a small leaflet. Every Time he made a mistake he marked his leaflet which showed his imperfections. Instead of emulating the 13 week experiment Franklin carried out I decided to only take a segment out of it and perform the single virtue of

As well as there is people who believe perfection is not attainable, there is also people who believe that it is possible to reach that, when they give everything they have. It is a much divided opinion, which will perhaps never come to one only general conclusion. To succeed in life people must always work hard and sometimes sacrifice some things they think are important, but putting them in front of another type of situations they would not be taken as a priority. The majority of these people who believe in perfection