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Harrison Bergeron Theme Essay

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The satirical and dystopian science-fiction short story, “Harrison Bergeron” written by Kurt Vonnegut Junior, is one where many Vietnamese immigrants and refugees may easily relate too. A central theme of this short story is that people may be restricted of their full potential and sometimes there are consequences of achieving true achieving true equality and embracing your freedom. I feel a connection to this theme for many of my family members including my own parents. Similar to the government’s intense actions that they imposed on Harrison Bergeron as stated indirectly by Kurt, “Nobody had ever born heavier handicaps. He had outgrown […] give him whanging headaches besides, captures the prejudiced and biased regulation the Communist Party
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