Harrison Bergeron

by Kurt Vonnegut

Harrison Bergeron: Genre 1 key example

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Explanation and Analysis:

"Harrison Bergeron" is a short story of the dystopian genre. Dystopian literature often imagines an alternate or future society in which people live in fear and dehumanization, typically under a totalitarian government.  A dystopia might also be defined as the opposite of a utopia: the ideal society for its people.