Satire In Harrison Bergeron And Disney Pixar's Wall-E

From Petronius to Shakespeare to Mark Twain, time honored writers have incorporated satirical elements in their pieces to subtly critique society. Through exaggeration, sarcasm, and irony, satire forms its own complex collection of literature. Branching from this genre, dystopian literature attacks human vices through a different route: the metaphor of a futuristic corrupt society. In Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron and Disney Pixar’s Wall-E, dystopian societies work to alert the audience of current issues that, if not resolved, could negatively alter the world. While both societies appear farfetched, Wall-E’s prediction of Earth in 2805 is more plausible. To comprehend a dystopia, one must initially ask, what is a utopia? Purely gedankenexperiments, utopias are imagined idealistic societies in which every aspect of existence, from government, to relationships, to wealth, to material possessions, to education, to health, to the environment, is
The federal government currently lacks the power to monitor every action of every citizen, thus creating an issue for supervision over required equality handicaps. In addition, quenching human competitive spirit is like attempting to stop the rain - altogether impossible. Athletics and the arts revolve around competitions; from meets to matches to plays to tournaments to showcases to festivals, competition lives through extracurricular activities, the workplace, relationships, and the government itself. Limiting peoples’ experience of this vital emotion would be not only impractical but detrimental to society. American citizens would refuse to ratify legalistic egalitarian measures, because their lives center around individualism. While Harrison Bergeron serves to alert those advocating for complete equality, his future foretelling is less feasible than