The Government's Idea Of Equality In Harrison Bergeron

In “Harrison Bergeron” people aren’t truly equal. In this short story, they took equality to the next level. Most people think that equality is everyone being treated with the same amount of respect. Appearance has nothing to do with equality in today’s society. Although looking the same and having the same level of intelligence may decrease jealousy, people shouldn’t force others to change because of this.

Irving Kristol once said, “Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions. It only guarantees equality of opportunity.” These words from Kristol spur an interesting debate about whether equality truly exists in the United States of America. The idea that every citizen has an equal chance at happiness and success is nice in theory. But true equality does not exist in America. Among other factors, socioeconomic status, gender, and ethnicity significantly impact the opportunities available to individuals.

‘Amen’ “ (Rand 21). This motto prevents the idea of equity by saying they should all be the same. It is taking away the idea of individuality and fails the society members. The society is attempting to make all equal however that is nearly impossible to actually do. Both pieces fail their societies by trying to make everyone and everything the

This is first shown when Hazel states she believes she would make a good Handicapper General, George responds to her by saying she’d be “Good as anybody else,” due to the fact that nobody can be better than anybody at anything. This is especially prejudicial against politicians because they will not be able to have progressive ideas. If everyone who runs for office must wear handicaps that forces them to be the same as everybody else in the nation it forces a state of stagnation of ideas for the country. Another example of the culmination of positive change is presented during a conversation between Hazel and George. George compares competition to the dark ages by saying “If I tried to get away with it, then other people'd get away with it—and pretty soon we’d be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else.

To be happy!" (Bradbury #) Captain Beatty said. I disagree with that statement I believe our country wants above all is equality, freedom, and peace. Due to  individuality you can never say, “What do we want in this country,” because everyone has their own individual outlook, you cannot speak for everyone. Individual outlook is essential for society because 2 different minds are greater than 100 equal minds.

He was smarter than an average person, so he was obliged to wear a little mental handicap radio in his ear. If George took his radio out, he would be punished, probably executed. “ He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out a little sharp noise to keep people identical to George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.” This comment was made to give a description of why George had to wear a radio.

Buggin out tries to start a boycott which if successful would effectively end sal’s business. Both sides tried to push their own views without seeing the others perspective. The right thing to do would have been for both sides to concede and negotiate for both sides to be happy or at least adequate. Because both sides were to prideful nothing beneficial happens actually the reverse. The butterfly effect comes into play This example shows that doing right thing is not just in black and white most of time theirs Gary in that as a society we must sort through to find what's

In conclusion the movie 2081 and today there are some similarities but there is more differences. 2081 is a dystopia and most likely will never happen. The movie 2081 is all about being equal and having equality and in today 's society some people are still striving for equality but I think that being different is better. If everyone was equal then the world would be boring. I mean imagine a world where everyone liked the same thing and the same thing was on TV everyday and if someone was different they would be shamed.

Anthem has put multiple rules into action so that everyone is “equal” and there are “less” problems. What the society doesn’t know is that there are problems in Anthem. Equality sees these problems and will not implement them in the world that he envisions. Rules, regulations, and controls all have a purpose and a reason as to why they exist. No matter how outrageous

Liberty - the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one 's way of life, behavior, or political views. Even with a definition what is liberty exactly? And that where the trouble begins because there are dozens of definitions. The problem is we mix the “actual” definition with our own perception but none of them mean the same thing. Since we don’t think the same way and we conceptualized life differently, the definition of liberty is based upon opinion such as beauty standards.