Mars Is Heaven By Harrison Bergeron Essay

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I definitely thought it was quite bizarre, and in the beginning I wasn’t too sure if I agreed with their theories of how the town came to be. Particularly that they are able to hide the secret city on Mars for so long and go in secret on a rocket to outer space seemed so far fetched for me to believe.
The town that these people have created on Mars is so similar to what there is on Earth. They were appreciating the peace and quiet as they haven’t experienced it in so long. It almost felt no different from a town on Earth, it felt like a spring day to them. It is significant because they created what seems to be a peaceful town, almost like a utopia, in a time when back on Earth there wasn’t much peace.
I think most of them perform the ritual because they feel they deserve it in a way. It is never really said how they were killed, but it was likely pretty gruesome. So they feel obligated to give them a human funeral, although they also blow up the rocket so that it is gone. I found this strange because with them blowing up the rocket it makes me believe they …show more content…

In “Mars is Heaven!” it is the Martians would prevent the new people from making a change by killing them. In “Harrison Bergeron” the Handicapper General is in charge as she kills Harrison Bergeron and commands the other in the room at the time to put the handicaps back on at once and they listen. She is shown to have the most power in the story but the rest of the people in the government have the power over the people as well to prevent a rebellion from happening, and also the people are so fearful in the story they don’t want to do anything wrong. And in “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” the people are told strict instruction about how to act about the boy in the room and those who see it and are uncomfortable with it so much do not rebel, but instead they simply leave all the Omelas in search of something else, something

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