Harrison Bergeron: Broken Down

Imagine that you are in the time period of this story. What would your life be like? What handicaps would you have? What would Harrison's rebellion mean to you? This story full of humor and upbeat yet with no real frame of life. Harrison is the most exceptional person in this story. He is the epitome of what it means to be a person. The U.S.H.G fears him cause of this exceptionality and uniqueness.

Now if we relate this back to our and even the time this was written the fear of difference is still present. You see the author though a socialist did believe that a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole, not just one group regulating the flow of everything. The point that this story was meant to be a testament to civilization, not a story to make a smile. The author does an excellent job of hiding the point of this behind humor that makes the story quite a joy to read. Life behind restrictions or the life together in sync. The rebellion was short but would have a big mark on history but the U.S.H.G just wiped the memory of it away from everyone. Not only the restrictions (handicaps) on the body but the mid as well. This is the power that the author did not want to occur.

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  1. EvanJ's English1 Blog2October 5, 2017 at 12:02 PM

    This story has a nice flow, but only really makes sense if you have already read Harrison Bergeron.

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