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Vonnegut's story “Harrison Bergeron� discusses the theme equality of results, but through his satirical circumstances there is an ambiguous theme targeting Socialism and Capitalism that shines through.
In the story “Harrison Bergeron�, both Socialism and Capitalism are made fun of through extended satirical references.
In the story, Vonnegut's future predicts a rise of Socialism in America. However this Socialism relates to the equality of results as appose to equality of results. Vonnegut paints this very ugly picture of Socialism despite his views against Capitalism because of the misconceptions of the American public at that time. Hence he does not really put down Socialism but more the misconceptions of Socialism in the story. His Socialist views however are obvious in the story, especially in the way the story itself plays out and the portrayal of some key characters in the story. Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General as a symbol for Socialism. He makes the......

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