Harrison

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Scotty McMasters Mr. Larry Neuberger Eng Comp 102-104 23 Sept 2011 One Paragraph Essay On “Harrison Bergeron” In the story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., two adults in a dystopian future where everyone is crippled to remain equal watch there rebel son on television. Vonnegut’s main idea in the story is total equality is great in theory, but not in practice. Vonnegut shows through Harrison that once a stronger person comes into a city of crippled equality, that person can completely take over. Also, Vonnegut describes the handicaps that George has as great hindrance to him. The “ear radio” made it unlikely for George to have complete thoughts and brought him much pain (Vonnegut 294-95). This is to show the desire to be equal comes with a painful price. Vonnegut makes Harrison this person that rebels and rises above the handicaps to show the need for competition and inequality because without it the presence of one person that is more physically capable would rule them all. Vonnegut proves this when he writes that Harrison is “under-handicapped” and is considered “extremely dangerous,” and due to the mental handicaps no one is to reason with him either (296-97). With Harrison as a testament to his idea Vonnegut proves that total equality is an idea that people would not want to follow through with. Words: 206 Vonnegut Jr., Kurt. “Harrison Bergeron.” Power of Language: Language of Power. New York. Pearson Learning Solutions, 2009. 293-99. Print.

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