Essay Archive - Harrison Bergeron
Harrison Bergeron
In "Harrison Bergeron" Kurt Vonnegut depicts a society in which everyone is
mentally, physically, and socially equal. Throughout the history of our country,
Americans have sought racial, gender, and socio-economic equality. On paper
such a society seems ideal. Through the story one might infer that Vonnegut
views the concept of total equality as ludicrous. Equality can be interpreted
many ways. One point of view is the American belief that everybody should be
treated equally and another view is the one represented in the story that
everybody is equal. I completely ....
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