The Death Of Harrison's Actions In A Dystopian Society

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In 2081, this was a dystopian society where the average was considered to be normal while being too intelligent was considered abnormal. People could not freely express themselves physically or mentally because of the laws that could be violated during this time. George and Hazel were one of many of these individuals that followed the law because of the fear of getting punished. Hazel was different than George.Hazel was a woman with an average intelligence and short-term memory while George was intelligent and his visions and thoughts were often disrupted by a loud sound in his ear caused by his handicap gear.Everyone needed to be the same or they would be a threat to society. This was because in this society being too smart was a crime just …show more content…

The people who were directly affected were George and Hazel based on their relationship with their son Harrison. Another direct effect was the moment of Harrison and the ballerina dancing freely on stage. This moment directed attention to them because they were dancing to send a message and to direct attention to the public about the idea of equality in a dystopian society. Harrison had an intention while doing all this which was to produce the greatest good for the greatest number. The outcome of this dilemma was the death of Harrison himself and the people who were affected by this tragedy including George , Hazel , Harrison and the public who was watching. According to the theory of moral rules and duties, Harrison was trying to do what in his mindset thought was right to change the way of everyday living. This action was morally justified because he felt like it was his duty to do this action because of how the government was treating him and his kind of people that were known as intelligent. His intentions of this action were to produce the greatest amount of good by having a voice for the public. The ballerina represents the role of thinking of kind of person she should be when Harrison asks for volunteers that dare to dance with him . She makes the ethical decision of whether or not to go up there a be …show more content…

Standing up for society and not keeping quiet about what is the need to be heard is morally justified because he would benefit people since they won 't be the only ones getting their voice heard and not be afraid to be controlled by the government when changes are made. Although, this is true people could be negatively affected if the government gets stricter and more control of the people since one person had a voice and was under handicapped . On the other hand , this could be true but as more voices are heard and changes are made people would have less fear and be open to the idea of freedom and individuality between people so there would be things such as different ideas , likes and dislikes around the community . Interaction would be better and people would freely make decisions about humanism without worrying about being punished for what they deserve to have in the first place which is beneficial. In my opinion , the author wants the reader to have free judgment and opinion about the story since its main theme is to represent freedom throughout the story physically and

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