Harrison BergeronLiterary Elements

Miss Patel

Vocabulary

Vigilance- looking over

Bandits- robbers; criminals

Burdened- loaded heavily

Vague- unclear

Luminous- bright light

Setting

2081- In George and Hazel’s living

room.

Point of View

3rd person

Plot

Exposition

We meet George and Hazel ; they are watching

ballerinas on TV.

Rising ActionHarrison escapes from jail.

Harrison announces himself to be emperor.

Man vs. SocietyHarrison vs. Government

ClimaxHarrison claims himself an empress. She is the most

beautiful of the ballerinas.

Falling ActionHarrison and the Ballerina

are shot dead by Diana Moon Glampers

Man vs. manHarrison vs. Diana

ResolutionThere is no resolution, nothing has changed;

everyone is still handicapped.

Theme

Freedom; EqualityFighting for their

freedom against total equality.

Author’s Purpose

To InformTotal equality comes

with a big price (losing your freedom)

Figurative Language

Simile“They leaped like deer

on the moon.”

Alliteration“She was blindingly

beautiful.”

Metaphor“The rest of Harrison’s

appearance was Halloween and

hardware.”

Foreshadowing

“Harrison tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper, tore straps guaranteed to support five thousand pounds.”

“Harrison’s scrap-iron handicaps crashed to the floor.”

This foreshadows Harrison Bergeron and the ballerina’s impending death where they crash/ crumple to the floor.