Harrison Bergeron Research Paper
Anthem vs. “Harrison Bergeron”
Is Equality 7-2521 a criminal or is he an underestimated leader? Anthem is about a boy named Equality 7-2521 and he lives in a collective society. He finds a tunnel where he discovers the light bulb. He goes on this big journey to help his society where people wear handicaps to cover up their talents or beauty to make them equal to the average person. George and Hazel are both married with a son named “Harrison Bergeron”. Harrison was in jail, but he broke out of the prison and broke into the ballet performance. At the performance he removed his handicap and one of the dancer’s handicaps, but after they were done dancing, Harrison got shot for breaking the law by taking off his handicaps. Even though Anthem and “Harrison Bergeron” are both dystopian literature, they differ when it comes to family and technology. …show more content…
The author says,”The H-G men took George ad Hazel’s son, Harrison, away.” (Vonnegut 1). In the quote, it states that George and Hazel love each other and are married with a son named Harrison. That means that George, Hazel, and Harrison all have some form of relationship with each other because they are related. Unlike “Harrison Bergeron”, there are no relationships in Anthem. Equality 7-2521 says, children never know their parents.“( Anthem, page 41). The children do not know their parents because two people are assigned to mate at the mating palace and when the woman gives birth, she leaves. This states that kids grew up without a family, so they never had a relationship because they were not allowed to. “Harrison Bergeron” and Anthem are both dystopias, yet stand alone within the topic of
Is Equality 7-2521 a criminal or is he an underestimated leader? Anthem is about a boy named Equality 7-2521 and he lives in a collective society. He finds a tunnel where he discovers the light bulb. He goes on this big journey to help his society where people wear handicaps to cover up their talents or beauty to make them equal to the average person. George and Hazel are both married with a son named “Harrison Bergeron”. Harrison was in jail, but he broke out of the prison and broke into the ballet performance. At the performance he removed his handicap and one of the dancer’s handicaps, but after they were done dancing, Harrison got shot for breaking the law by taking off his handicaps. Even though Anthem and “Harrison Bergeron” are both dystopian literature, they differ when it comes to family and technology. …show more content…
The author says,”The H-G men took George ad Hazel’s son, Harrison, away.” (Vonnegut 1). In the quote, it states that George and Hazel love each other and are married with a son named Harrison. That means that George, Hazel, and Harrison all have some form of relationship with each other because they are related. Unlike “Harrison Bergeron”, there are no relationships in Anthem. Equality 7-2521 says, children never know their parents.“( Anthem, page 41). The children do not know their parents because two people are assigned to mate at the mating palace and when the woman gives birth, she leaves. This states that kids grew up without a family, so they never had a relationship because they were not allowed to. “Harrison Bergeron” and Anthem are both dystopias, yet stand alone within the topic of