equality worth sacrificing individuality and freedom? In Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”, total equality is introduced to a futuristic society in 2081. Vonnegut warns us that there is a heavy price to pay when we constantly search for new ways to equalize and could quite possibly end up like those mindless clones in Harrison Bergeron’s society. According to them, the one obstacle that is in their way to achieve happiness is difference – inequality. However, their misinterpretation of the terms “equality”
attempt to create an ideal society. Dystopian works show that people believe today's society is corrupt, oppressive, and full of inequality. They fear it's heading toward the extremely grim conditions showcased in these works. People fear the government is too controlling, oppressive, and dehumanizing. This can be seen in Kurt Vonnegut's dystopian story Harrison Bergeron. In the story, the government requires people to wear mental and physical handicaps in order to keep everyone equal. The government's
terror. The “progressive” regimes at the head of utopian societies warrant the corruption, repression, and unethical inequality that ultimately lead to the downfall of a society. The turning point from a positive and progressive idea to one that is negative and repressive is not instantaneous, but rather a slow progression of changes that leads to massive upheaval. In Kurt Vonnegut’s Welcome to the Monkey House, his short stories depict fictional utopian worlds that revolve around the progression of