Diana Moon Glampers is the Handicapper General of the United States. In “Harrison Bergeron,” Diana Moon Glampers’ character represents the oppressive authority of the totalitarian government.

How is flashback used in the story? A flashback in “Harrison Bergeron,” happens when George begins to think. The story says, “He began to think glimmeringly about his abnormal son who was now in jail, about Harrison, but a twenty-one gun salute in his head stopped that.”

George urges her to forget her sad idea. He, then, experiences the sound of a riveting gun in his head. This noise may signal his loss of the memory of having seen a photograph of his son on the television screen.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., uses irony with great effect in his short story “Harrison Bergeron.” The name “Diana Moon Glampers” is ironic in itself. “Diana” was the Roman goddess of the moon, suggesting that the woman who holds the office of Handicapper General is lofty and worthy.

He tears his handicaps off as if they were made of paper. He asks for an empress and a ballerina rises. He removes her handicaps as well. They dance in celebration and then Harrison is killed by the Handicapper General.

Maybe subconsciously she was aware that Harrison had been taken, and that she was sad, but the impulse wasn’t enough to bring into the forefront of her mind.

If she were Handicapper General, Hazel says, she would create a chime noise to use on Sundays, which she thinks would produce a religious effect. The narrator explains that Hazel strongly resembles Diana Moon Glampers, Handicapper General.

The government is looking for Harrison because he has escaped from jail, where he was held on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. This caused him to try to overthrow the government which was resolved by the Handicapper General shooting him.

In his act of rebellion, however, Harrison overreacts as he declares himself emperor; as a superhuman, he says he will be “a greater ruler than any man who has ever lived.” And, ironically, his attempt to overthrow the totalitarian government is totalitarian itself as he orders the musicians to remove their handicaps …

The government is looking for Harrison because he has escaped from jail and threatens to overthrow the government by showing everyone what human beings are capable of when they allow themselves to embrace their strengths rather than squelch them for the sake of equality.

The main message of Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron” concerns the importance of balancing equality with freedom and individualism. The story demonstrates how equality is not to be confused with “sameness” and warns of the disastrous effects of suppressing individuality.

The main message of Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron” concerns the importance of balancing equality with freedom and individualism. The story demonstrates how equality is not to be confused with “sameness” and warns of the disastrous effects of suppressing individuality.

A short film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron, 2081 depicts a dystopian future in which, thanks to the 212th Amendment to the Constitution and the unceasing vigilance of the United States Handicapper General, everyone is “finally equal….” The strong wear weights, the beautiful wear masks and the …

Harrison represents the spark of defiance and individuality that still exists in some Americans. He has none of the cowardice and passivity that characterize nearly everyone else in the story. Rather, he is an exaggerated alpha male, a towering, brave, breathtakingly strong man who hungers for power.

The irony in “Harrison Bergeron” is how the dystopian society in the story defines “equality”. To the government and its citizens, “equality” means to make everyone the same. We tend to see equality as guaranteeing the same rights for all people, and that includes allowing someone to be an individual.

The masks symbolize the need and desire for a glimpse of what characteristics every individual hides. And, Harrison’s red rubber ball nose symbolizes for equality we must humbly accept our own humiliation.

Vonnegut uses the metaphor of “The rest of Harrison’s appearance was Halloween and hardware” and the simile that he “looked like a walking junkyard” to convey to the reader that Harrison’s extraordinary existence is being destroyed by the society’s enforced equality.

Two of the eight ballerinas had collapsed to the studio floor, were holding their temples.” How does Vonnegut emphasize the loudness rather that saying, “It was loud”? Why is the comment “rest your handicap bag” ironic?

Kurt Vonnegut’s futuristic short story “Harrison Bergeron” is replete with figurative language of many kinds. You asked for one, so I chose simile because they are vivid and effective in making Vonnegut’s point about the ridiculousness of equality (rather than equal opportunity) for all.