Harrison Bergeron And 2BR02B: A Comparative Analysis

In every revolution, there are winners and losers. Every dystopia is a utopia for somebody else. It depends on where you are, and if you succeed in creating a utopia. Hence, we would have created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. Nevertheless, if there is no conflict, there would be no stories that would portray the real issue that is occurring in this world. After reading Kurt Vonnegut stories, Harrison Bergeron and 2BR02B, he explains the impact that the government has on people’s lives. It is connected with how individuals work and operate in society and hinders their every movement. Although the stories share similar themes, each has a unique style which gives us the gift of their joys and sorrows, strengths, weakness

By choosing to relieve temporary uncomfortableness with a decision to get you out of trouble for the moment. However, most of the time, the fast and easy decision is a wrong decision.As we come across many similarities between Vonnegut stories, Harrison Bergeron and 2BR02B; we noticed many differences as well, on how government control impacts the society in both stories. Both protagonists had a primary purpose for the action they have taken, but both of them being entirely different for one another. In 2BR02B, Vonnegut reveals how “The law said that no newborn child could survive unless the parents of the child could find someone who would volunteer to die. Triplets, if they were all to live, called for three volunteers.” (Vonnegut, 2.B, 5). Vonnegut discloses how his purpose for his action was to save his babies, to do that he needs to kill three adults for them to be still alive. Despite that, even though these two stories are very similar, Harrison had a different purpose for what he did by revealing “Harrison tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper, tore straps guaranteed to support to support five thousand pounds. Harrison’s scrap-iron handicaps crashed to the floor. Harrison thrust his thumb under the bar of the padlock that secured his head harness. The bar snapped like celery. Harrison smashed his headphones

This impressive invention has done this without surrender to government control. Vonnegut reveals in both stories how the government has power on mostly everything in both societies, and how each story was demanded to follow the government rules, or else they die. Showcasing how at the beginning of both of the stories the author mentions how the society is perfect. Vonnegut states “ and everybody was finally equal. They weren't equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way.” (Vonnegut, H.B, 1) This line discloses how our society evolves in "Harrison Bergeron," people are greatly affected by the role of the government. The society believes in and depends on complete equality amongst all of the people. To accomplish this, people must use handicaps. If a person is above average in intelligence, they are forced to have sounds played loudly in their ears frequently to disrupt their thoughts. If a person is beautiful, they have to wear ugly masks. If a person is strong or fast, they have to wear weighted bags to counteract their strength. The goal of this is to make everyone feel equal and so that no one would feel inferior or superior. Overall, this change takes away everything that made a person an individual. It makes it so that what once could