Equal Rights Riots In Harrison Bergeron

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The ideas surrounding utopias and dystopias are popular today, since people want to be treated equal and have equality, so authors are getting more curious about utopian as well as dystopian societies nevertheless the idea behind those societies are to have flawless government systems and total equality.
Some evidence that supports this claim are the equal rights riots happening in present day, as well as the examples displayed in the story “Harrison Bergeron.” Consequently, all of the riots that have been happening in today's world, such as the Virgina riots which have been happening because people want equality. Also in the story Harrison Bergeron, the government men know as “H-G men” required Harrison to wear handicap, such as, “...a red

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