Struggle In Harrison Bergeron And Still I Rise

Every internal struggle creates and has a ripple effect on the rest of the story and everything in it, the ripple hits everything usually focusing on characters and symbols, in Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst and “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou, it is often times very easy to find the ripples effects doings.

Harrison doesn’t want to be forced into this way of society, so he fights against the government. He’s strong enough and smart enough to fight against them so he does. With Harrison being as smart and strong as he is, it makes it harder for the Handicap Generals to control him. “Nobody had ever born heavier handicaps” (Vonnegut 3), even the Handicap Generals were surprised at how Harrison so effortlessly

lived with the handicaps. Being who he was, he felt like he was better than everyone else in a way. Harrison thought that since he was stronger, smarter and had more handicaps than everyone else, he should be in charge, ignoring the government. “‘I am Emperor!... Everyone must do what I say at once’” (2), Harrison felt entitled to being special. Acting the way he did is what got him killed, putting not only him in danger but also other citizens. While trying to fight against the government, Harrison put the whole theatre, the musicians and the ballerinas in danger too. “She fired twice, and the Emperor and Empress were dead before they hit to floor” (3), Harrison's actions were intentionally good but ended up being very bad causing lots of damage. The government sees Harrison as a threat, so they kill him when he gives them the chance and reason to, resulting in much larger conflicts than what they started with.
Brother doesn’t want a sibling that can’t walk or run, or hangout with him, so he pushed Doodle to learn how to do those things.

Brother was embarrassed of his brother and also a little bit ashamed. He doesn’t want a sibling who can’t do all the things that his friends brothers can do, he just wants Doodle to fit in. “I was so embarrassed of having a brother that age that couldn’t walk”(2), because of this he sets out to teach Doodle how to do these things. Brother pushed Doodle, he wanted Doodle ot be able to be like the other kids when school started. Even though Brother was just trying to help Doodle, he was doing it for himself, not for Doodle. “Although he kept up, his face turned red and his yes became glazed”(Hurst 3), Brother oftentimes pushed Doodle too hard, resulting in him feeling exhausted. While sometimes pushing DOodle to get better at things was good, that was not always the case. “I ran as fast as I could, leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us”(5), Brother did some things out of embarrassment, shame, and sometimes love, but this time was definitely shame.”I went back and found him huddled beneath a red nightshade bush”(5), this time Brother had pushed him too hard, resulting in Doodle’s death. While most of the time Brother helped and taught Doodle out of embarrassment and shame, by the end it was just all

guilt.
Maya Angelou is fighting and talking against slavery, knowing deep down that she will rise above anything thrown at her.

No matter what happens, she will always keep her head up. “You may tread me in the very dirt/ but still, like dust, I’ll rise” (Angelou 3-4), she will go above whatever anyone says or does towards her. Maya is saying how she is going to rise like dust, rising up to get away from everyone and everything, but everything has to come down at some point, she’ll make a mess but quietly. No matter what someone does, she’ll rise above it all. “You may kill me with your hatefulness/ but still, like air, I’ll rise”(23-24), even if you kill her, Maya’ll just float up. She’s saying how she will go up and watch from above rather than with everyone else. While she’s had a hard life, she just keeps on moving forward. “Up from the past rooted in pain/ I rise”(31-32), after everything she has gone through, she won’t let this hold her back. Whatever you throw at Maya, she’s just going to put it behind her, it helps build up her ladder, it helps her rise. Remaining calm creates a ripple outward, sending off good, calm vibes in this time sets everyone else

off.
All the internal struggles and conflict from each story has consequences from each that reach out and ripple towards everything and everyone. Exploring and finding the doings of the internal conflict can always be interesting.