Analysis Of Harrison Bergeron By Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut’s story, ¨Harrison Bergeron¨ takes place in a dystopian society in 2081, where there is complete equality and no diversity. There were three amendments in the constitution everyone had to follow about equality. Harrison, Hazel and George Bergeron’s fourteen year old son is taken away by the H-G men due to his bravery. Harrison Bergeron gets put into jail because he was still ¨too gifted¨ even after being handicapped and he attempted to rebel against his handicaps prior to his breakout later on in the story. He is handsome, tall, strong, and intelligent. George’s intelligence is way above normal and he has a tiny mental handicap around his ear so a government transmitter can send out sharp noises to keep him from taking inequitable

The society stops them from showing and being who they really are due to the equality. The author states ¨She must have been extraordinarily beautiful because the mask she wore was hideous¨. This shows how agonizing and cruel the dystopia is by the way they are being treated. It shows how equal everyone is to each other considering the fact that no one can really show who they really are due to all the handicaps they are provided with. All the handicaps they must wear, hides their true identities and what they are capable of doing. It connects to the theme since they can’t do what they desire and instead they are being controlled by a government that is ignorant. Another detail that shows the unfairness is the fact that the announcer who was announcing the escape of Harrison, had to apologize for her voice since she used a voice that was not allowed for women, After the incident, she began to make her voice absolutely uncompetitive. This describes the society and what people are forced to do in order to meet and please the society’s standards. It seems as if the inequality and ignorance in the dystopian society is making people upset and desperate, which is why it causes Harrison to finally break the

First he escapes from jail and then he tries to become the Emperor. During this scene he states, ¨crippled, hobbled, sickened - I am a greater rule than any man who ever lived! Now watch me become what I can become!¨ It shows that after everything he was put through, he will no longer be silent and will finally stand up for what he thinks is right. It also demonstrates that he is in pain and he is sick of it which is why he will try to overthrow the structure of the society. Shortly after Diana Moon came into the studio were Harrison and the ballerina were dancing and shot them dead. This shows the society’s consequences for sticking up for what is right and for fighting for liberty. Even though Harrison’s attempt to overthrow the government miserably failed. It only proved how cruel of a society everyone has to live with for the rest of their lives. Our differences and specific powers are what makes us a united nation and that will never