Dystopian: Bergeron vs. the Games
Dystopian: Bergeron vs. The Games A dystopian society us a society classified by a controlling government. Usually, a dystopian society is miserable. Both societies in “Harrison Bergeron” and The Hunger Games have a controlling government that make the societies miserable but in their own special ways. The societies in both “Harrison Bergeron” and The Hunger Games are synonymous, but they also differ some ways. The societies have are quite similar. Both societies are controlled by and oppressive, controlling government who treat the societies a certain way for a reason. Both governments limit the cities in one way or another. “Harrison Bergeron’s” government makes everyone equal, “They were equal in every which way.” (Kurt Vonnegut, 133.) The government in The Hunger Games makes it illegal to go into the woods, “Even though trespassing in the woods is illegal,” said Katniss (Suzanne Collins, 5.) Both governments dislike the idea and act of rebellion. “It was then that Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, care into the studio with a double-barrel ten-gauge shotgun. She fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead.” (Kurt Vonnegut, 138) “Harrison Bergeron’s” government killed two people who just wanted to be free of their handicaps because they rebelled. “Twelve defeated, the thirteenth obliterated.” (Suzanne Collins, 18) This quote was talking about how all of the districts rebelled, and the Capitol destroyed a whole district and everyone in it. The governments are different because of how they treat the citizens they control. In “Harrison Bergeron,” the government handicaps everyone to the same intellect, strength, gracefulness, beauty, and etcetera. In The Hunger Games, the government sends twenty-four children (two from each district) to a fight-to-the-death for their own amusement. The only children eligible to be in the Hunger Games are children between the ages of twelve and seventeen. When comparing the two governments, it is