Sunday, October 14, 2012

In "Harrison Bergeron" different types of irony is used to make a statement relating back to the present. 'Vonnegut' the author, used dramatic irony to show us how Hazel and George think they are living in a utopia, when really they are living in a dystopia and we as readers know that. In this Vonnegut is trying to make a connection at how people nowadays think that there is such thing as perfection. But even when you think you have perfection, you really haven't got it at all. Vonnegut is showing us that in his story by having Hazel and George think they are living in a perfect world, where everyone is equal and everything is fair, nobody is better than anyone else. When really, nothing is fair, people don't have any rights, yes they might think everything is equal, but really there is no such thing as happiness. Vonnegut is trying to tell us, that there is no such thing as a utopia, it can be written in books, and told in stories, but we will never have a true utopia, it doesn't matter how hard we work. We are living in a dystopia and that will never change.

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