Monday, 1 May 2017

What is Harrison fighting against in "Harison Bergeron"? "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Harrison is
fighting against forced equality that is in their constitution. He is rebelling and ends up in
jail. They--the gov.--think he is trying to overthrow the government. He acts in an extreme way
and ends up making proposterous allegations about his supreme abilities and thus value. He
becomes a ruler, like a dictator, and ends up violating all that he formerly criticised. He is
corrupted by power. His behavior resembles a dictators and, in this sense, Vonnegut is making a
statement that power corrupts and that all...

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