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Fahrenheit 451, The Pedestrian, And Harrison Bergeron

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Even though some technology was beneficial in Fahrenheit 451, “The Pedestrian”, and “Harrison Bergeron”, most of the technology caused problems and hurt the lives of the citizens in one way or another. An example of technology that caused a problem were the little mental handicap radios in, “Harrison Bergeron”, “in his ear. . . . would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains” (Vonnegut 1) . This statement proves that dystopian governments in many books and stories take unfair advantage of their citizens. Some of the governments even hurt people that were unique to make them equal to everyone else. An example of the government using this type of technology is the little mental handicap

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