Harrison Bergeron: A Dystopian Society

In the book, Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., the main character, Harrison is forced to submit to a controlling governmental system or fight for his beliefs. Harrison believes that he should be free to be his own person, rather than be controlled by an over powerful government. His parents, on the other hand, thinks that a controlling government is the right way to live. They believe if the government does not have control, then the society would go back to the dark ages which is a time where everyone was competing for everything and there was no social control. In Harrison Bergeron, the government controls every aspect of people’s lives. Harrison and the people can’t be who they want to be in life because of the government. The structure of this government resembles more of a dystopian society rather than a utopian society.
A utopia is an imagined place or state of things in which everything is ideal or perfect. Unlike a utopia, a dystopia is not a good place or a frightening place to live. This is a dystopian society and world where the people can not be who they truly are and are forced to live in misery. Here, the government makes people who are above average intelligence wear ear pieces designed to make sounds that distract them from taking full advantage of their brain. The sounds
Even though the government makes the people live like this that wasn't stopping Harrison from becoming his own person and trying to take over the government. Some people like Harrison’s parents thinks that the government is doing the right thing by controlling everyone, but it’s not a good system because the people are miserable. Harrison is a smart, intelligent young man and wants to make the society better so that people will have a chance to live in a utopian society, rather than a dystopian