Perfectly Ripped Apart In Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron
Perfectly Ripped Apart
Our world is far from perfect and because our world is far from perfect, We have seen what perfection could actually be. In these examples, it’s clear that living in a perfect society does not lead to happiness. The Giver, a book by Lois Lowry is about a young boy’s travels through a ‘perfect’ society in the United States sometime in the future. The people there have grown accustomed to a lack of choice in life. Their government has gone to the extent of removing winter and color from everyone in order to make everything and everyone the same. ‘Harrison Bergeron’ is a short story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. In this world, anyone who excels in any aspect of life is forced to wear a handicap. For example, someone stronger than the weakest person in the human race will be weighed down by extra weights. Someone smarter than the least intelligent person is required to wear an earpiece that will distract their train of thought to keep them from thinking. This world is one where everyone is equally incapable. Anyone who …show more content…
In The Giver, people are released, which is another name for killed, after making three mistakes. In Harrison Bergeron, the son was thrown in prison for two years and charged two thousand dollars for every ball he took out of his handicap weight bag. In Pleasantville, Bill and Bud tried to paint a mural with colors that were against the law and the judge tried to throw them in jail. People are punished severely for minor offenses in all three of these so-called perfect societies. When the government enforced handicaps in ‘Harrison Bergeron’ the people lost their capabilities, sense of humor, excitement, energy. In Pleasantville, there are no colors and nothing out of the ordinary ever happens so no one can experience deep emotions. Perfection is not what it seems, in each of these stories and movies it has brought harm, pain and
Our world is far from perfect and because our world is far from perfect, We have seen what perfection could actually be. In these examples, it’s clear that living in a perfect society does not lead to happiness. The Giver, a book by Lois Lowry is about a young boy’s travels through a ‘perfect’ society in the United States sometime in the future. The people there have grown accustomed to a lack of choice in life. Their government has gone to the extent of removing winter and color from everyone in order to make everything and everyone the same. ‘Harrison Bergeron’ is a short story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. In this world, anyone who excels in any aspect of life is forced to wear a handicap. For example, someone stronger than the weakest person in the human race will be weighed down by extra weights. Someone smarter than the least intelligent person is required to wear an earpiece that will distract their train of thought to keep them from thinking. This world is one where everyone is equally incapable. Anyone who …show more content…
In The Giver, people are released, which is another name for killed, after making three mistakes. In Harrison Bergeron, the son was thrown in prison for two years and charged two thousand dollars for every ball he took out of his handicap weight bag. In Pleasantville, Bill and Bud tried to paint a mural with colors that were against the law and the judge tried to throw them in jail. People are punished severely for minor offenses in all three of these so-called perfect societies. When the government enforced handicaps in ‘Harrison Bergeron’ the people lost their capabilities, sense of humor, excitement, energy. In Pleasantville, there are no colors and nothing out of the ordinary ever happens so no one can experience deep emotions. Perfection is not what it seems, in each of these stories and movies it has brought harm, pain and