A story made into a movie is always a best-seller. Harrison Bergeron, the short story is written and published by Kurt Vonnegut. Harrison the hero sacrifices his life in order to gain freedom of the handicaps. In 2081, the handicaps were imposed by the laws. In both the story and the movie the hero sacrifices his life for freedom but there were differences. For example Harrison’s appearance has changed, the tittle is changed, and finally the mother and father’s role are switched. The tittles are changed but 2081 is better because it shows that something interesting is happening in this year, so it gives you a clue what the movie is about. But the tittle ‘Harrison Bergeron’ only shows the name rather than the year and what happens in this year and the society. 2081 gives you suspense about what is going to happen in this specific year. …show more content…
The government does everything in its power to destroy Harrison’s abilities, forcing him to wear huge earphones to stop his thinking, glasses to damage his sight and give him headaches, three hundred pounds of metal to weigh him down, a red nose so people would make fun of him, and also black caps for his teeth, in addition to shaving his eyebrows. But in the movie Harrison didn’t look 14 years old, his eyebrows weren’t shaved as they mentioned in the story, and he wasn’t wearing huge earphones. Also he wasn’t wearing the ridiculous nose or glasses but the only similarity that occurred in both the story and the movie is the three hundred pounds of