Harrison Bergeron A Dystopian Society

The ideas surrounding utopian and dystopian societies are crowd-pleasing because authors everywhere want to display what these societies would be like in these ways of life and to show what it would be like to live under these circumstances. This shows that these authors may not fully agree with the general beliefs and standards of society today. The text, Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. shows a representation of a dystopian civilization that was suggested to be a utopian civilization. In the passage, the government is trying to achieve total equality by making people who are above average “handicapped” . This makes them equal to people with average intelligence and talents. However, their government turns dystopian. For example, the text states,” He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.” This shows that everything, even intelligence has to be indistinguishable, however, in today's world, you need people who have a higher intelligence so the population can improve. Civilizations can’t have a group of people with all the same thoughts, ideas and beliefs because

The text adds, “ She fired twice and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor.” It continues to say, “ George came back in with the beer, paused while a handicap signal shook him up. And then he sat down again. ‘You’ve been crying’ He said to Hazel. ‘Yep’ she said. ‘What about?’ he said. ‘ I forget,’ she said. ‘Something real sad on television.” This shows that this society is a dystopia because their son just died in front of them, and they can't even remember what happened to him. They will never know what happened to