Social Independence and Prejudice in Harrison Bergeron and V for Vendetta

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Harrison Bergeron is a story that depicts a society whereby everyone is equal mentally, physically and socially. The people were forced to wear handicaps, masks, weights and headsets in order to be equal with each other in the society. V for Vendetta is a 2005 action packed film by James McTeigue which presents a society that is controlled by the government. The film and the story present dystopian societies and both are stories of the future which shows how the government will slowly start controlling its people. In all the stories, one character stands up to the government and shows significant defiance unfortunately, they end up dying trying to fight the all controlling governments.
In the stories Harrison Bergeron and V for Vendetta prejudice is shown towards the people as they are not allowed to be different but think in the same way. Although the stories are told in very different settings, the themes are much the same. The stories use pathos and logos to indicate that human beings have natural tendencies of being afraid of what they think is different or something they know little about. The social life of the people in both stories was controlled by the government bringing it apart as the society became full of people who cannot add any value to it. They were made like toys that are being controlled and told what to do and not to do. If the government plays a part in designing the social life of its citizens, then the society will be not be integrated. This is because, all people will be made equal like in the two stories and there will be no development in the society as everyone thinks the same way.
In Harrison Bergeron story, the people are made equal by debilitating the ones who seem to have higher abilities and th...

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...of skin, language and social status. Class affects social status in the society but people should treat each other equally.

Works Cited

V for Vendetta Dir. James McTeigue. Perf. Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea and John Hurt. Warner Bros. Pictures, 2006. Film

Dulin, Agnes M. "A Lesson on Social Role Theory: An Example of Human Behavior in the Social Environment Theory." (2007): Print.
Moore, Steve, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Alan Moore, and David Lloyd. V for Vendetta: A Novelization. New York: Pocket Star Books, 2006. Print.
Paik, Peter Y. From Utopia to Apocalypse: Science Fiction and the Politics of Catastrophe. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010. Print.
Vonnegut, Kurt, David Strathairn, Maria Tucci, Bill Irwin, Tony Roberts, and Dylan Baker.Welcome to the Monkey House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers/Caedmon, 2006. Print.

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