Tuesday, May 8, 2012

What type of dystopia does this text demonstrate ? Please support with text from "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut

Published in
1961, 's "" clearly invokes the fears of many who, after the passage of Civil Rights
legislation, feared the federal government would propose more and more schemes that would
enforce equality of outcome.

In the society of the year 2081 everyone
"was finally equal...every which way." In fact, the government has passed new
Amendments to enforce this "equality." In order to make everyone--actually, force
everyone--to be the same as the...

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