Justin Millerson
Mr. Young
ENG 4U1
18 September 2006
A Dire Society, a Dire Story
Natural curiosity leads people to make predictions on how their country
could be run in the future Whether they are good or bad predictions depends
entirely on the individual. Kurt Vonnegut the Writer in this story, describes what
his idea of the government in the Future would be. Harrison Bergeron is a short
story of a possible government ideology presented in everyday life in the year
2081. The ideology is presented in the United States, a non-communist country
in which this story’s government is loosely based on. The philosophy of the
government demonstrates that all citizens in the country are of equal status in
everyway possible. This is controlled by “handicaps.” Handicaps in this story are
attachments to your body that shade your advantage in anyway to the average
person. The author chose few characters and a short length to exhibit his......
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