Diana Moon-Glampers

In was then that Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun. She fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor… they thought. The bult had hit Harrison square in the Heart. But for the dancer it hit right below skimming her lungs. She was still alive. Diana Moon Glampers loaded the gun again. She aimed it at the musicians and told them they had ten seconds to get their handicaps back on. It was then

The Lottery and Harrison Bergeron People with power in society often have the ability to influence the practice of certain traditions. These traditions can affect what a citizen is entitled to do. In today's day and age, life without basic freedoms and rights sounds unthinkable. However, in Shirley Jackson's “The Lottery” and Kurt Vonnegut's “Harrison Bergeron” this is the reality. Old Man Warner and the Handicapper General show that people in positions of authority encourage outdated traditions

ballerina and she was very strict about keeping the handicapped on, and also killing both rebels the dancer and him. For example in the text it states “Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun. She fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor. Diana Moon Glampers loaded the gun again. She aimed it at the musicians and told them they had ten seconds to get their handicaps back on” This makes me realize that

Could you imagine a world where everyone was the exact same? “The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way” (Vonnegut, 38). The 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments have been passed, and everyone is officially equal. Everyone is absolutely average and we all have similar lives. It is quite boring if you ask me. I am sure if you had the same old routine every day, you would get sick of it too. There isn’t any diversity

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

classes, the normal people and the Handicapper General. The Handicapper Generals play the role of the police in the short story. In the real world the police has a lot of power in our society. One of the most powerful Handicapper Generals is Diana Moon Glampers, she can kill, arrest and give handicaps to the people making her job equivalent to the police. Something that many readers caught in the text is that Handicapper Generals don’t have handicaps of their own. Even if they have handicaps wouldn’t

Felix Frankfurter once said “It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.” This quote relates to Harrison Bergeron because in the story Harrison is trying to make the so called equal world inequal. Harrison Bergeron connects to the quote because Harrison also believes that treating unequals equally is not right. The story begins when Mr. and Mrs. Bergeron are upset because their son Harrison has been taken away from them. Although they can not

It is the year 2081. Because of Amendments 211, 212, and 213 to the Constitution, every American is fully equal, meaning that no one is stupider, uglier, weaker, or slower than anyone else. The Handicapper General and a team of agents ensure that the laws of equality are enforced. One April, fourteen-year-old Harrison Bergeron is taken away from his parents, George and Hazel, by the government. George and Hazel aren’t fully aware of the tragedy. Hazel’s lack of awareness is due to average intelligence

handicaps, both physical and mental, to the citizens of the United States because they believe it will guarantee that no one would be stronger or smarter than anyone else. All of this was regulated by the United States Handicapper General, Diana Moon Glampers, but there was one man who seeked to rebel against these handicaps in his misson to gain control and power over everyone else. That man was none other than Harrison Bergeron, and he made it clear when he invaded the ballerina studio and exclaimed

In any society, it is sometimes necessary to behave in what is known as “typical behavior”. This is done not only blend into the people around you but to also make sure you are not singled out. Often, when people are different they are looked down upon in society and usually face hardships because of their differences. This is expressed in various pieces of literature in the way the characters behave and the overall plot of the story. In the novel, “ The Lord of the Flies” and the story “ Harrison