English, 01.08.2019 00:00 henbry540

Why was the killing of harrison bergeron so significant? did harrison have to die for the sake of the society?

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In the world of "Harrison Bergeron," everyone is equal. To achieve this extreme equality, people must wear "handicaps." For example, someone who very strong must wear weights that slow them down and tire them out. Someone with good vision must wear glasses that prevent them from seeing well. In this way, no one is better off than anyone else. Everyone is truly "equal."

Harrison Bergeron, however, refuses these handicaps. He is strong, smart, and very good looking. He must wear many handicaps that attempt to make him equal to everyone else. At some point, he refuses to wear them any longer.

When Harrison enters the TV studio, he declares himself "the emperor" and removes all of his handicaps. This is a shocking act for viewers to see. He commands a ballerina to remove her handicaps and join him as his empress. When she removes her handicaps, she is beautiful as well as graceful. At this point in the story Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General arrives and kills Harrison and the ballerina.

Harrison's death is significant because it proves that extraordinary people cannot survive in this type of society. His death is necessary for this society to continue.

In fact, if Harrison were not killed, others might believe that they too could remove their handicaps. Harrison had to die for the sake of this "equal" world. Had Harrison been allowed to continue without his handicaps, others would have followed. It would not take long before everyone removed his or her handicaps, and no one would be "equal" any longer.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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