Similarities Between Welcome To The Monkey House And Harrison Bergeron

There is a Korean saying: “If the water does not flow, it will be contaminated. This means that if people just stay in a place without developing, there will not be progress, and finally, it will cause a setback.” This saying displays the parallel between water and society. Similarly, Jacob Bronowski shares a common thought that “truth is the drive at the center of science; it must have the habit of truth, not as a dogma but as a process,” In this quotation, Bronowski uses the concept of dogma to explain that with science, everything that is known should not just be accepted by everyone without doubt, but rather there is the opportunity for knowledge to change. Bronowski then relates this to society when he says “for dissent is also native in any society which is still growing.” These ideas can be found regularly in the collection of short stories that make up “Welcome to the Monkey House”, by

At a young age Harrison was taken by the government due to his extreme capabilities. His mother Hazel, lacks comprehensive intelligence, while his father George is handicapped with weights on his neck. George and Hazel have completed excepted the way they both live their lives as George says “If i tried to get away with it,” … “then other people’d get away with it and pretty soon we’d e right back to the dark ages again, with everyone competing against everybody else” (Vonnegut 9). This society appeals to the characters as everyone is equal and there is no chance of anyone feeling inferior, but this does result in everyone staying in the same place without development. Harrison escapes from the government and arrives at the televised ballerina studio, where he removes all of his handicaps and shows a ballerina what life is like without the handicaps weighing her down. Harrison knew that change needed to occur and action was needed for this to