Harrison Bergeron

Minor Literary Analysis Essay On The Short Story "Harrison Bergeron" In the short story "Harrison Bergeron", Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. reveals to us that a society created to equalize humanity does not always turn out to be the best for the people. Vonnegut effectively uses irony, symbolism, and point of view to express his theme that even though the people resemble equality, they are not free. Although the society portrays the people as equals, the people …showed first 75 words of 429 total…

…showed last 75 words of 429 total…if they are equal or not. In a society where everyone is equal will never work out. Someone will always enforce the rules. The people may be equal, but they are slaves to the government. There is always someone higher than them. Hazel and George will never know what truly happened to their son. Harrison and the ballerina are free, but won't be able to free the other people. The Handicapper General will always rule.