Jealousy In Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron

Everyone has wanted to fit in. Whether it was because someone was jealous or someone was obligated to. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. -author of “Harrison Bergeron”-,Kij Johnson- author of “Ponies”-,and Ray Bradbury, author of “All Summer In A Day,” all show these ideas.In the story, “Harrison Bergeron” a couple, George and Hazel, are faced withthe world being equal, thier son-Harrison- was not, and was killed by a government official. In the story, “Ponies”, a girl, Barbara, and her pony go to a cutting out party, resulting in the death of the pony, because she wasn’t equal. In the story, “All Summer In A Day,” Margot, a young girl who has seen the sun, is pushed away for being different. In all stories, “Harrison Bergeron,” “Ponies”, and “All Summer In A Day” the authors’ show the same theme, fitting in can ruin someone’s uniqueness.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., wrote, “They weren’t really very good-no better than anybody else would have been, anyway.” George was trying to “make” the ballerinas fit in because he was mad that they were different. Taking the abilities and difference away from the ballerinas. Another example of this is, “-because the mask she wore was hideous. And it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers, for her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two-hundred pound men.” The H-G were forcing people with talent to lose their talent because they were different, resulting in fitting in with everybody