Harrison Bergeron Essay On Equality Analysis

How Far Are We Willing To Take Equality “There’s nothing wrong with you, there’s a lot wrong with the world you live in,” was once said by a wise man named Chris Colfer. In the story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, the world is distorted to show complete equality. The government forces people to be altered by handicaps because they are “too smart” or “too beautiful.” The author uses this world to show that although equality is what many strive for, it should have its limits. The author uses different negative phrases, ideas, and events to show his theme over the course of the story. One way Vonnegut shows the readers equality should have its limits is by revealing the ways in which people are equal. In our present day society, people strive to value and embrace what makes them different; appearance, skills, intelligence. However, in the world Vonnegut has created “Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else.” Everyone is exactly the same. The authors negative feelings towards this are portrayed to the narrator when he says, “Some things about living still weren't quite right, …show more content…
When hazel hears one of the sounds made by one of George’s handicaps her response is “Boy! That was a doozy, wasn’t it?” The sound was made to temporarily stop George's train of thought. Later in the story after hearing another sound Hazel again states, “Gee- I could tell that one was a doozy.” George sarcastically responds, “You can say that one again.” Therefore Hazel repeats herself once more. The author uses this repetition to show that nothing changes. People will stay the same. In the real world, the changes and experiences a person goes through are what build the person into who they are. This means that total equality would stop everyone from becoming better