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Name: Sarah G. Baker
Course #: ENGL 2201-032
Paper #: Seven
Word Count: 870
Date: 11/26/06

In the short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut the theme of the story was based on his satirical view of the human's desire to achieve equality. Equality is something that has been fought for by all different ethnic groups since the beginning of time and is still being fought for today. Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" is based on the issue of equality and the struggle for humans to possess it. According to Vonnegut in order for equality to be possessed by all people then three main things would have to take place 1) make everyone have the same intelligence, 2) make everyone have the same strengths and weaknesses, and 3) make everyone look alike.
In "Harrison Bergeron" the ability to posses characteristics that were individually unique were taken away and replaced by a society which strived for all things to be similar (equal). This was achieved by taking away all makeup......

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Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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