Examples Of Othering In Harrison Bergeron

Two Different Stories, Still a Dystopia Although Anthem and Harrison Bergeron are two different stories there are so many similarities and differences but all lead up to the same outcome, a dystopia. Now here are some ways they are mostly the same. For one in both Harrison Bergeron and Anthem they are both being controlled by some type of leader. Such as in Harrison Bergeron the people of this society are ordered to wear handicaps because everyone should all be the same, they don’t want anyone feeling less or left out because one's individuality. This shows that they are not being themselves, they are being what society wants them to be, they have no choice whatsoever.

Equality goes against the populous and goes out on his own. Harrison Bergeron is a short story about a family who goes through the day showing the different restrictions of their society. Of what happens to those who follow and those who don't. These both Anthem by Ayn Rand and Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, jr have many concepts in common. People when placed under control will naturally resist power.

In the story Hitler youth, Sophie has a lot of charistics that Equality 7-2521 has. She is also rebelling against her people and society, in the beginning of the story, she begins to think that this is not ok and we should not be doing this. Equality 7-2521 has the same thought because he is different also, Sophie and Equality 7-2521 are very brave and have a lot of courage. But under all of that courage is covering up the fear, if they get caught they will be punished and disciplined. When Equality got sent to the Palace of Corrective Detention, he escaped because there were no guards.

Okonkwo portrays really violent stubborn and irrational behavior so he isolates himself. He not only feared himself looking weak but he didn’t want his family looking weak. He demanded that his

Fear, The Destruction of People’s lives Fear: an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. Fear, everyone has it, some people have it more than others. If one cannot control themselves they will find out that they are excluding/isolating themselves from the rest of society In these two pieces of literature, A Separate Peace and Dead Poet’s Society , the central theme is fear and how one is isolated because of it. Todd Anderson from Dead Poet’s Society and Leper Lepellier from A Separate Peace were always fearful and shy. In Dead Poet’s Society, Todd isolates himself in his room because he is afraid of getting in trouble by joining the Dead Poet’s Society.

She even realized when the people also fighting a similar cause were taking the wrong path in either the way they pursued their shared beliefs or how they dealt with her and her Nina (Kidd). That also seems to be a common problem in our day to day struggles. We will find people who think similar to us, but we are so against how they go about things that we are either abandoned by this group or we are forced to find our own path. The most common example for me is politics, people like me may want to be part of a party; however, the party continues doing disgusting things that makes me ashamed of even being remotely affiliated with said party. I end up going my own way after being told what to do in order to be part of that party.

The repercussions of Krogstad 's values and actions not only had an effect on his own life, but the lives of those who surrounded him; particularly Nora. His treatment of Nora was morally wrong and was the start of great change in her life. During their first meeting, Nora was terrified of Krogstad and the turmoil that he could potentially bring into her life. With the blackmail attempt, Krogstad had Nora cornered between two equally difficult situations. Either she could convince her husband Torvald to let Krogstad keep his job, which was a nearly impossible feat, or she could let Torvald learn the truth.

Irrational fears “The only thing we have to fear is fear it’self - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance,” - said by FDR. Many people don’t know a lot about phobias. It’s like that stomach turning affect you have before having to present in class. Everyone is afraid of something and to feel afraid is perfectly normal. A phobia is an irrational feeling toward a particular object, situation, or activity.

People these days can be hypocritical telling other people they can 't do something ,and turn around and do it themselves. Some people don 't care that their ignorance of the law destroys others rights. As the government becomes less laissez faire; they gain more power over everyday life and strip people of their freedoms and rights. Overtime each individual within the population slowly losing their individual rights, and in turn the whole population weakens in power.Raised to be ignorant of their own right ignorant people will raise other people ignorant of their rights as well. Many people in today 's society worry about what other people do, the effects of worrying about what other people do less freedom, conformity, and close-minded.

Picture a world where no politicians existed and everyone had equal power to do whatever the heart desired. Many people would agree that the world would be a better place due to the many negative stereotypes about the group, yet if one were to think hard the world would be in complete chaos without its leaders. It is so often that appearances and attitudes play a major role in how a person is distinguished and little consideration goes to getting to know that individual. The usage of stereotypes and misconceptions to make assumptions about a person has been going on for the longest time; this unfortunately gives the wrong perspective and puts people in categories in which they do not belong in. Moreover stereotypes and misconceptions are used

And every time you were around large groups of people you felt anxious. Thats exactly how she feels. Its the reason why she hardly speaks. She is so scared about what everyone thinks of her. She would rather not speak at all than to be judged on something she said.