The movie” The hunger games” by Gary Ross ‚ and the story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut share a lot of similar characteristics of dystopian fiction‚ unlike their counterpart “ There will come soft rains” by Ray Bradbury. Which is a short story that is written under the dystopian fiction‚ but is quite different compared to the other two. Both “the hunger games” and “Harrison Bergeron” share some of characteristics that clearly define a dystopian world such as lack of individuality‚ Protagonist
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Cited: Vonnegut‚ Kurt. “Harrison Bergeron.” Brave New Worlds. Ed. John Joseph Adams. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Night Shade Books‚ 2012. Web. 1 Sept. 2013.
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Rhetorical Devices As Edwin Starr’s famous anti-war song goes‚ “War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothin’!” and if Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five had a theme song‚ this would be the perfect song. Slaughterhouse Five is one of the greatest anti-war books of all time- it even says so on the back cover. In order to convey his anti-war attitude to the readers‚ Vonnegut uses many different rhetorical devices in Slaughterhouse Five‚ including analogy‚ irony‚ and satire. The first important
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Without a doubt‚ there is no topic that I am better acquainted with than myself. However‚ despite my seemingly extensive and comprehensive database about me‚ it was surprisingly difficult for me to create pieces about myself. I don’t normally explore the self in my art‚ as I don’t find myself particularly inspiring. I believe fantasy‚ political ideals or modern issues are much more interesting to create art about than what I like to do for fun or my personality. However‚ the theme did help me to
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Vonnegut ’s later novels‚ certain female characters exercise individuality in their own existences and effect positively the awareness and attitudes of male characters. From the beginning of Player Piano (1952) through Slaughterhouse Five (1969)‚ Kurt Vonnegut describes the characters of his various worlds in terms of their victimization at the hands of a dehumanizing‚ or perhaps a better term might be "deindividualizing‚" technologically fixated‚ industrial/militaristic society. Time and time
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Chapter 3 Among the things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past‚ the present‚ and the future. (See Important Quotations Explained) Weary and Billy’s captors‚ a small group of German irregulars‚ take their valuables and discover an obscene photograph in Weary’s pocket. As Billy lies in the snow‚ he sees an image of Adam and Eve in the polished boots of the commander. Weary must surrender his boots to a young German soldier‚ whose wooden clogs he receives in exchange. The two Americans are
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Slaughterhouse Five‚ or The Children’s Crusade: A Dirty Dance With Death was written by Kurt Vonnegut and originally published in March of 1969. It’s a dark humor science fiction story that exactly fits Vonnegut’s writing style: funny‚ astounding and makes you question the human race as a whole. The book follows a the lifespan Billy Pilgrim of Ilium‚ New York. He grew up to be an optometrist‚served his country at war‚ got married‚ had children and aged to an old man. But his life was not ordinary
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Although anyone can get post-traumatic stress disorder‚ it is most common among war veterans because of the extremely distressing and gruesome events that they endure while serving active duty in wartime. In the novel Slaughterhouse Five‚ the author‚ Kurt Vonnegut‚ depicts the main character Billy Pilgrim with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after fighting in World War II. Although he is never officially diagnosed‚ it seems impossible to deny that Billy suffers from PTSD. The foremost theme
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Wider Reading Quotes! Train spotting- Irvine Welsh • “felt strange telling the truth” • “nervous silence at this strange moronic comment” • “They looked at him as if they hadn’t done anything illegal in their lives” • “amazing…how things like sex and Hibs were nothing to him when he was on smack‚ suddenly became all important” • “He felt his skeleton and central nervous system briefly rip out of his skin” • “mother superior‚ sick boy‚ Rents” Still I Rise – Maya Angelou • “You may
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An impartial society: Utopia or Hell? What would happen to the world if the people were literally equal in every aspect of their lives? In the futuristic short story‚ “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.‚ the world is finally living up to America’s first amendment of everyone being created equal. In this society‚ the gifted‚ strong‚ and beautiful are required to wear handicaps of earphones‚ heavy weights‚ and hideous masks‚ respectively. Thus‚ these constraints leave the world equal from
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