Jeanne Duprau's Harrison Bergeron

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Did you know that by letting someone over control you can cause damaged confidence? No. Is it a sham? Well in the book Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut and City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau it shows symbolism, flashbacks and flashforwards of being over controlled. These books will show “Never let someone over control you”. One quote that shows this theme and craft in the book Harrison Bergeron is “A buzzer sounded in George’s head. His thoughts fled in panic, like bandits from a burglar alarm.” This connects to the theme by showing the government is over controlling Harrison’s dad and is hurting him in many ways. This connects to the craft by symbolism and flashbacks because it shows how he is getting flashbacks of Harrison getting taken away and symbolizes how they took him away and how scared he was of how much he really misses his son. …show more content…

This also shows how the government really over controlled him because he cant stop thinking about the day Harrison Bergeron got taken and is now in jail. One quote in the book City of Ember to represent the theme and the craft is "The light was failing, as it did every day. Lina Mayfleet hurried home from school, the last to leave the classroom. The hallways were shadowy, and in the windows she could see the first few lights of the city starting to shine." This quote symbolizes the fading of light and the darkness that the people of Ember face. The failing light represents the bad resources and the uncertainty about the future of the city. The "First few lights" It connects the the theme because it shows how the government is not changing the generator of power so they are ruling over the citizens not letting them help and fix it

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