Analysis Of All Summer In A Day By Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, [society is a] community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests (Society def. 3). For one to feel supported and content, they must be admitted into a society. This is evident in All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury and Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. It is imperative for society to be the most highly valued as should one desire happiness, then the society must accept their actions, words, and identity though it may take time, and a society's consensus produces peace. In All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury, Margot isolates herself from her peers because she does not accept their society’s opinions of the sun. The children welcome all those who conform to their ideals of their naive society, yet Margot distinguishes herself as a pariah and distances herself from her peers. William and his peers scorn Margot which brings upon her loneliness and unhappiness. An example of this is, “They edged away from her, they would not look at her. She felt them go away… And then, of course, the biggest crime of all was that …show more content…

concludes with a dismal event: Harrison and his “empress” ballerina being shot. They chose not to follow the laws instituted by their society and so were punished. Harrison’s mother, Hazel Bergeron, follows the equality rules and is satisfied with her average-intelligence life. Hazel reaps the benefits of being a conformist in her society: an average-intelligence, content life with a considerate husband and “having no mental handicap herself” (Vonnegut 1). For those who possess an unfair above-average-intelligence or physical trait, there are gadgets called “handicaps” which demote them to the same normalcy of everyone else. Technology in “Harrison Bergeron” is a patron to the peace. By regulating and curing divergent qualities, people are revolutionizing into a pacifist community. Vonnegut

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