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Multi-Paragraph Analysis Of Harrison Bergeron By Kurt Vonnegut

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Multi-Paragraph Analysis of “Harrison Bergeron” “Harrison Bergeron”, by Kurt Vonnegut takes place in 2081, where people are “handicapped”(like the characters George and Harrison), in attempt to create equality. George always hears many noises that interrupt his thoughts, so he does not have the ability to be smarter than anyone else. Adding on top of that, weights on his neck to drag him down. One day, Hazel and George are watching dancers on the T.V and see their son, Harrison, appear there from jail. He rips his MANY handicaps off, while choosing an empress, and frees the dancers/musicians. Suddenly, the Handicapper General, Diana MOon Glampers, came into the commotion and killed Harrison and the empress. She also tells everyone to put back on their handicaps. George and Hazel don’t remember a thing about what Harrison tried to do for society or what had just happened. Throughout the story, Vonnegut uses many similes, fragments, parallel structure, and powerful word choice in the story. Some common effects that they create are, mood, characterization, imagery, and emphasis. One strong technique used was simile. For example, in the text it says, “They leaped like deer on the moon” (6). This simile creates vivid imagery to the reader of the lively dancers leaping into the air. In my perspective, I can imagine the dancers jumping so high, that they could reach the stars and break through the ceilings. I think the simile also creates a striking mood of relief and gracefullness because the dancers are breaking through from all that had weighed them down for so long. It is almost as if they were leaping deer and not people anymore. The simile also evokes exaggeration because deer would never be on the moon. The comparison helps the reader understand how big and important of a moment this was in the story. By comparing the dancers to deer the reader understands the freedom they are feeling as well as the overall scene. The exaggeration of deer being on the moon, helps the reader learn that this doesn’t feel real to the dancers. It feels like they are defying gravity, which is as crazy as a deer leaping on the moon. I realize how much the weights had affected them. Vonnegut also uses short sentences for

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