The Handmaid's Tale Summary

In the short story, “Harrison Bergeron” Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. relies on the use of irony to indicate where our country will stand once we have gained total equality amongst each other. The theme in “Harrison Bergeron” is that the government cannot enforce equality within the people. The author creates a fictional visualization of the future in the year 2081, where the government controls the people and tortures them in order to maintain “equal opportunity” in their world to prove why it is impossible to achieve absolute equality in the world. Vonnegut dives into a whole other level of uniformity in Harrison Bergeron by focusing on eliminating advantages in appearance, intelligence, strength, and other unique abilities rather than focusing on

One his theories, stated in his book called Leviathan said that people are not able rule themselves because of how selfish mankind is and they need to be ruled by an iron fist. His political theory was that was also stated in Leviathan was that we should respect government authority under all circumstances to avoid violence. Hobbes was scared of the outcome of the social contract which meant people could get rid of the government if they were unhappy with what they were getting. In order to make well with the social contract he states in Leviathan that people should be completely obedient to the government. His reasoning was that if there was no government, there would be chaos.

George’s brain handicap symbolizes a legitimate restriction that the government has placed on his body. By placing a handicap on his brain the government is attempting to make George more like everyone else. George is not able to have unique or creative thoughts without be halted by society. Even if George was to question the Government or why he had handicaps, his brain would be shocked and he would forget about the thought.

In making his argument that Christians are no longer under the Law, Paul asks the question, “What, then, was the purpose of the law?” (Galatians 3:19, NIV). Paul’s immediate answer is, “It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come” (Galatians 3:19, NIV). The meaning of this text is somewhat obscure, but Paul clarifies the two reasons for the Law alluded to here. First, the Law reveals sin: “I would not have known what sin was except through the law” (Romans 7:7, NIV). In other words, the Law was given “in order that sin might be recognized as sin” (Romans 7:13, NIV, cf.

1. What is essential to the “preservation of liberty?” How should this “be so constituted?” The powers of government must be separated in order to preserve liberty To do this, the members of one branch should have little to no power over the selection of members of another branch This separation of powers ensures that no one branch gains control of the other two branches The people should have control and elect who fills most offices 2. Explain the following: “A dependence upon the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.” Man has the tendency to put his ambitions first and be greedy The government is made up of man; therefore there must be Constitutional safeguards restricting the actions of powerful government

In the novel Anthem the author, Ayn Rand discusses the ways Equality 7-2521’s world is a dystopia because independent thought, information and freedom are restricted, the natural world was banished and distressed, a concept is worshipped by the citizens and the society is an illusion of a perfect , utopian world. To begin with, Ayn Rand explains how the Equality 7-2521’s world is a dystopian society because the freedom of think and do anything for yourself is restricted. Equality states “It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see... It is as if we were speaking alone to no ears but our own.

Erich Fromm writes that revenge can be differentiated from normal defensive aggression in two ways – first, it occurs after the damage has been done, and hence is not a defence against threat, but of a much greater intensity; and second, it is often cruel, lustful and insatiable, where the problem of vengeance is a social problem that must be resolved in the complex interaction between the victim, the perpetrator and the social group . Therefore the revenge of the Illuminati is an example of justice going awry and taking over when society’s institutions fail. Because when justice is not forthcoming from a higher authority, people will and do take justice into their own hands. Acts of vengeance are the result. Punishment through retaliation is the typical response to breaking the rules of justice.

Many theories have been made concerning the story of creation and many scholars have come up with different views based on creation. One of the theories is the Gap theory which suggests that God created the world and after that there was a Pre-Adamic war that led to a catastrophe and as a result God had to destroy the world and recreate it again. The other theory that was made is the Day Age theory which suggests that each day represents an age. The Bible describes clearly the creation account and is the only source which is reliable. The bible authors regularly employed creation metaphors in order to put their subject matter within the context of God’s activity in creation.

Increasing Surveillance or Increasing Infringement In the novel, Little Brother, Marcus states, “Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness” (Doctorow 220). Not every aspect of life can be monitored; when the government begins to abuse their power of surveillance, privacy becomes lost and democracy no longer prevails. People often debate the idea of increased surveillance because

Malala illustrates that government deprives people from education for a main reason; making their citizens ignorant. By being ignorant, governments are able to dictate what they want their citizens to believe. Governments are controlling their citizens in every way. Fighting for education gives societies freedom. Not only a society but to their minds as well.