Harrison Bergeron Handicapped Society

What are the conditions when society gets destroyed? Dystopias can be described as an imagined place where everything is miserable. They are characterized by human misery and poverty. The following essay will contain evidence from three stories; The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, and There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury. The authors of the dystopian stories, all demonstrate the theme of an oppressive government which assists them in showing how the government has the power to destroy society by stoning people, putting restraints on them and even using nuclear bombs, which all cause the death of innocent citizens. One important theme in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is the theme of dangerous tradition.

Multiplicity of bureaus became an intentional program of the totalitarian regime, in an attempt to obfuscate and distance the citizen from any understanding of power, as well as to increase the 'stability ' of the totalitarian system. (pp 409, 441-442) The random execution of power and the obfuscation of the bureaucracy serve as the cornerstones of totalitarianism 's assault on the individual. Consider Arendt 's observations of 'rule by decree ' (pp 244), and the deification and worship of unintelligible power.

The government was trying to stop something that the majority of the population wanted. If the government was going to prevent it, the people were going to have to get their goods illegally. This is where the organized crime comes in. People with brilliant ideas of making mega money decide to sell the illegal goods for high prices- the people can’t get it anywhere else but from a specific dealer. Men like Al Capone killed out their opponents to control their profits of the illegal goods.

Above all, it works as a weapon against the powerful few who violate the fundamental human rights by snatching away the right to thought, freedom and expression. George Orwell employed a totalitarian setting in his celebrated works Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm. His works are marked by eloquent prose, responsiveness and wakefulness towards social injustice, resistance to totalitarianism, and forthright support of democratic socialism. He handled delicately the many strings of the violation of the basic fundamental rights. His works touched the aspects of the repression of freedom, natural impulses and individualism whilst taking fundamental rights as the basis of such claims.

In the excerpt “Electric Funeral” Klosterman depicted his meaning of villainy through the use of famous people and their already established status. This “villain” is one that would harm others in the process of benefiting themselves while gaining fame and money. Roughly, Klosterman would describe villainy as a gateway to mass media manipulation because the introduction of minimal disobedience can open the door to a greater platform of cyber bullying which allows the capability of using one's core weaknesses against them to turn the outcome in the predecessor's favor. There is a multitude of reasons for a Villain, a bully in modern terms, acts the way he or she does. Villainy is by far an outcome of one's environment and can be used for self-consolation, but can also be used to gain

For their whole lives, people of a higher level of influence have told them what to do and when. But with BlueServo and websites like it, now it was their turn to influence other people’s lives. As with any bad habit, it soon becomes not enough, people felt the need to not only capture the criminals but administer their own idea of justice. A member of the Minuteman, an organized union of these surveillance addicted individuals, believed it was his turn to enact his version of justice. Unfortunately, one of the side effects of viewership is a complete misunderstanding of reality and this lead to the murder of two innocent Hispanic people.

“Our minds have been poisoned and our accepted beliefs are unnatural and artificial” (McGill). Psychological control is one of the many methods totalitarian governments use to remain in power. However, this can only be achieved through widespread support and loyalty from the population. Therefore, it is important to learn how to prevent and stop totalitarian regimes in today’s society. Studying George Orwell’s novel 1984 can help identify how dictators take oppressive actions in order to achieve power and control.

They have already started killing because they had the power. In “The Killing Machines ,” the author writes, “...the prevailing goal seemed to be using drones as artillery, striking anyone who could be squeezed into the definition of a terrorist -- an approach derisively called ‘Whack-A-Mole’” (Bowden, sec. 3). The power of the drones was abused in so much that it was compared to a high-speed hit and miss game.

In many ways, a pen is much more powerful and much more threatening, than a bullet. George Orwell’s satire, 1984, demonstrates the threat posed to totalitarianism by a well-thought mind defying the system it is constricted by and sharing its new-found knowledge with the masses. The Party has various precautions in place to instill fear and guilt in their unsuspecting people. Raw human impulses and emotions are tainted by Big Brother fueled propaganda. The Party uses a variety of torture to break down the independent mind and recreate it using their own approved beliefs.

ABSTRACT Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) including chemical, nuclear, biological and radioactive weapons along with anti – personnel landmines have the potential of causing mass destruction as well as killing human beings. Starting from the World War II the use of such warfare weapons have been quite prevalent and ever increasing, reaching a stage of convenient arm flows today. A major impact of the usage of such weapons is that they pose an unprecedented collection of challenges to peace and security of the nations which thus brings into picture the International Humanitarian Laws to protect the lives of humans, environment, property and even moral credibility and harmony worldwide. Arms Trade Treaty is one such effort by UN to regulate

In the short story “Harrison Bergeron”, Vonnegut uses hyperbole to exaggerate this idea of equality, or a perfect society. Equality is the state of being equal in status, rights, and opportunities. The short story attempts to make all people equal by handicapping their special abilities. For example, if someone thinks more deeply than others they will stick a radio in their head so when their mind starts to wander, a loud noise will sound so they lose their train of thought. Is this idea of equality really achievable?

In his short story “Harrison Bergeron,” Kurt Vonnegut presents a vision of a distant future in which Americans have been forced into slavery disguised as equality through the use of physical and mental handicaps. This frightening vision represents a common theme in science fiction literature as it “depicts a future government that controls its people by eliminating mental stimulation” and “warns of controlling trends in society” (69). For example The government in our short story has given all the smart people in their nation a headset to keep them from thinking deeply. “the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.” (3) By doing this, the government has turned everyone