STUDY FOR "HARRISON BERGERON" QUIZ!
How should I study for this quiz?
- Read and re-read the short story. Look for characters, plot conflicts, setting, resolution, etc.
- Look for symbols: people, places or things that are meant to REPRESENT something else.
- These are 3 Themes in Harrison Bergeron. Students will need to choose ONE of these themes and describe WHY they are a theme in the story.
- Beware Total Equality
- Beware the Dangers of Government Manipulation
- Individuality is what makes us human.
Examples?
Symbol: In The Declaration, Anna's journal does NOT represent "a place to write her feelings." That is what a journal IS. Anna's journal DOES represent HOPE, or FREEDOM, or REBELLION.
Theme: Children are necessary.
A theme from The Declaration is "Children are necessary." This is a theme because Gemma Malley paints a picture of a world without children. Without children, there are no new ideas, no new blood, and everyone is complacent. The characters in the book are listless and dull, and never put any effort into anything, because, in the end, "it didn't really matter." Without the crazy, funny, innocent, sneaky, emotional outbursts from children, from babies to young adulthood, the world is truly a different place - and not a positive place. Children are needed to give purpose to adulthood.
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