Literary Analysis
Harrison Bergeron
English 10
Ms. Fordahl
Harrison Bergeron Analysis
What is good about everyone becoming equal? In the short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. that we read together as a class, there seemed like there wasn't anything good that came from making everybody equal. At least it seemed that way by how the author wrote the story. The story to me was very gloomy and sad for the people handicapped. It is sad because there is nothing special about anybody. So there are bad things about making everyone equal, but I'm going to tell you why I think creating equality among us is a good thing.
One good thing that would come when creating everyone equal is that everyone became mentally the same in the story. Because of the handicaps no one could really process their thoughts whether they wee born like that, the same way Harriet was, or handicapped to disrupt someone's thought process like George. That way now no one was smarted or dumber than anyone else and you really can't be called "stupid" or "dumb" because the person that is calling you that is no smarter than you. So being mentally equal its necessarily all bad.
Jealously wouldn't ever be a problem anymore if everyone became the same. It is good not to have jealously because jealously leads to fighting and disagreement. The handicaps in the story made everyone have the same strength by hanging weights all over their bodies. There was no jealously over how beautiful someone was because all the god looking people had to wear ugly masks. " she must have been incredibly beautiful because the mask she wore was hideous." Now that everyone was ugly and had the same strength then again you wouldn't be made fun of for being ugly or being weak because everyone is the same.
Another good thing that would come out of making everyone the same is that everyone would be treated the same as far being paid the same. This idea was not presented in the story but could be used one day in the real world. It could potentially end slavery, poverty, and homelessness. Paying everyone the same amount of money and everyone buying the same things , then everybody would be on the same level as far as being part of the upper, middle, or lower class. Families wouldn't need to morgage their homes or be forced to live in an apartment. There would be no need for anything special because no one was special. Everyone would be the same in all ways.
There is some good that would come out of making everyone the same. There wouldn't be people killing themselves because they were made fun of how they thought, spoke, looked like or how strong they were. There would never be homeless people on the streets if everyone were paid the same. If I were a character in "Harrison Bergeron" and I were handicapped I would have sided with Harrison, being as handicapped as he was when he tried to take control He wanted to get rid of everyone's handicaps and let them show their special qualities. That's what makes this world special today, there are so many of and we are all different in our own special way. But, being the same has its own perks as well.
One good thing that would come when creating everyone equal is that everyone became mentally the same in the story. Because of the handicaps no one could really process their thoughts whether they wee born like that, the same way Harriet was, or handicapped to disrupt someone's thought process like George. That way now no one was smarted or dumber than anyone else and you really can't be called "stupid" or "dumb" because the person that is calling you that is no smarter than you. So being mentally equal its necessarily all bad.
Jealously wouldn't ever be a problem anymore if everyone became the same. It is good not to have jealously because jealously leads to fighting and disagreement. The handicaps in the story made everyone have the same strength by hanging weights all over their bodies. There was no jealously over how beautiful someone was because all the god looking people had to wear ugly masks. " she must have been incredibly beautiful because the mask she wore was hideous." Now that everyone was ugly and had the same strength then again you wouldn't be made fun of for being ugly or being weak because everyone is the same.
Another good thing that would come out of making everyone the same is that everyone would be treated the same as far being paid the same. This idea was not presented in the story but could be used one day in the real world. It could potentially end slavery, poverty, and homelessness. Paying everyone the same amount of money and everyone buying the same things , then everybody would be on the same level as far as being part of the upper, middle, or lower class. Families wouldn't need to morgage their homes or be forced to live in an apartment. There would be no need for anything special because no one was special. Everyone would be the same in all ways.
There is some good that would come out of making everyone the same. There wouldn't be people killing themselves because they were made fun of how they thought, spoke, looked like or how strong they were. There would never be homeless people on the streets if everyone were paid the same. If I were a character in "Harrison Bergeron" and I were handicapped I would have sided with Harrison, being as handicapped as he was when he tried to take control He wanted to get rid of everyone's handicaps and let them show their special qualities. That's what makes this world special today, there are so many of and we are all different in our own special way. But, being the same has its own perks as well.
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