An equal world seems ideal, until independence is stripped from each and every human being, “Harrison Bergerson” and “2081” were both interesting pieces with insight into equality, however the video “2081” had quite a different view, compared to the story it was based upon. This paper will show that the two pieces had a strong difference in the character description, with a similar conflict, but nearly completely different plot line. The story “Harrison Bergerson” had a very vivid description of the characters. The characters had bags filled with bird shot around their necks, the beautiful people wore masks, but the biggest description was shown with Harrison. Harrison was shown with wavy glasses that distorted his vision, a red rubber ball was worn on his nose, heavy scrap metal hung off of him, large headphones sat over his ears, and his eyebrows were shaven off. The movie “2081” didn’t go to such lengths to preserve these characteristics. In “2081” the bags of bird shot became boxes of weights, all ballerinas wore masks, and Harrison was much different. Harrison wore a yoke, kept his eyebrows, and didn’t wear the glasses or the rubber …show more content…
Both “2081” and “Harrison Bergerson” showed a strong conflict between individualism and the Government’s control of it. The Government was a strong influence in both of the worlds. “2081” kept the Government control over the intelligence, the beauty, and the abilities of each and every person. Those considered athletic and intelligent are deemed dangerous. People are to be cautious around those types of individuals. Then those who try to remove their handicaps are punished with jail, fines, and worst of all, torture. Despite this, there are still people who fight the organization. They want to think freely, speak freely, and perform to the best of their ability. Then when they try, they are dismantled and handicapped