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That the idea of true equality has still not been obtained and that it is something to look

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That the idea of true equality has still not been obtained and that it is something to look

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George resisted because if he took off the bag it wouldn't be fair for the other people, and they would be back in the dark ages again.

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The idea they were trying to purse is that they worked hard for this privilege. It was not an easy fight 

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The idea they were trying to purse is that they worked hard for this privilege. It was not an easy fight 

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The people seems to understand that being equal is a good thing and that if they weren't equal the world who be in chaos. " "Then other people'd get away with it- and soon we'd be back to the dark ages again" "(Vonnegut lines 27-29).

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The word “finally”  indicates that after such a long time, society was able to have everyone achieve equality.

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Technology is a benefit in this because it gives the "Handicapper General" the ability to make everyone equal. In the 3rd paragraph on the first page it states that they use radios in peoples ear to slow down one's thinking process making them just as smart as everyone else.

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George hesitated to take off the bag because if he did then it would cause an outbreak.His reasoning was that if one person broke a law the rest would follow.

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George hesitated to take off the bag because if he did then it would cause an outbreak.His reasoning was that if one person broke a law the rest would follow.

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Hazel is hesitant in believing in the way their society is living. For example Hazels says, ¨I don't care if you're not equal to me for a while¨ suggesting that she does not believe that the ballerinas are better or worse than her even without their ¨handicap bag.¨ George on the other hand has learned to deal with how they have to behave. George states, ¨ I don't mind it, I don't notice it anymore. It's just a part of me¨ indicating that he wants to fit in with society and not get in trouble with the government.

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George knew that if he removed his handicaps, it would cause not only for him to get into serious trouble, but an entire governmental outrage. "Then other people´d get away with it - and soon we'd be back in the dark ages again"

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The Irony in this story is how we expect everybody being equal to be a good thing, and that society would improve. However, everyone being exactly equal has consequences and everyone is handicapped of everything that makes them unique. (P 1, 2, and 3)

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I think technology is a benefit in this short story because the "Handicap Generals" want everything to be equal since everyone in the society is the same. They don't want there to be one person who overpowers everyone. In the second paragraph it says "--to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.

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George does not remove his handicaps because in paragraph 26 it states that for every ball removed it is two years in jail and two thousand dollars.

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the irony of the story is that everybody expects everybody to be equal when in reality not everyone is equaly the same. The first paragraph says that everyone was as smart as everyone, everyone was as good looking as everyone. When that is no the case in reality and the real world.

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For the "Handicaper General" it is a benefit because it helps her to control the people to keep them "equal". For the people it is a detriment because it doesn't allow them to be themselves or remeber things it takes away all of thier thoughts, like in paragraph 3-24 they talk about the noises, how he winces at the sound of them and how he can never think even som ballarinas fell to the floor because of the noise.

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The irony is the fact that they're all supposed to be equal by covering up their perfections and that is supposed to be a good thing. This is causing more harm than good ,however, because it's allowing the people to show that they are smarter,better, or more perfect by covering it up. If they are smarter,than they to wear earphones to make noise to make them stop thinking,or of they are pretty then they have to cover their face with a mask. Even though they are trying to force equality, they are just amplifying their successes.

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It is equall by how every one adds extra weight bags, wears special ear plugs, and even some wacky glasses.That is just how they live now and that is their "Normal". For instance all in lines 40-45 it talks about ALL the handicaps that were used to hold Harrision down.(Knox Wilson)

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i would say like a worn out tone from the characters. the reason why i say that is because it said some of them have weights they carry to make them equal and that would ware them out through out the day. also them being annoyed the fact that they cant see who other people truely are because they have to wear a mask if they are good lookin, and other stuff if they have talent its shut down.

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Technology is a benefit in this  story because it contributes to the lack of character, making everyone equal. As it says it explains in paragraph three, the more intelligent people receive handicap radios in their ears to give everyone the same intelligence so not one person is better then them.

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Technology is a benefit in this  story because it contributes to the lack of character, making everyone equal. As it says it explains in paragraph three, the more intelligent people receive handicap radios in their ears to give everyone the same intelligence so not one person is better then them.

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Another occupation that can be used instead of ballet dancers could be a professional athlete because they all have an inequality in abillities. Some athletes were just more natrually gifted at things then others and some train harder.
"And it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers, for her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two-hundred-pound men." (Vonnguet lines 41-43)

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Normal and equal are the same in this story in terms of physical and mental ability. Everyone is supposed to be the same and no one should be better than anyone else. For example George had to wear an earpiece to confuse his mind because he was smarter than what is ¨Normal¨

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Normal and equal are the same in this story in terms of physical and mental ability. Everyone is supposed to be the same and no one should be better than anyone else. For example George had to wear an earpiece to confuse his mind because he was smarter than what is ¨Normal¨

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It contributes the story by not allowing them to know what happened for them to feel pain because if they knew that their son got killed they would rebel.

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The word "finally" suggests that they struggled in the past with equality but they are now at the point where there is equality.

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I believe technology is a major benefit to ensure everyone is equal and there is no lower or upper class by using a handicap and having a handicap general to make sure everyone is wearing them. Towards the end of the story it says, ¨It was then that Diana Moon Glampers, the handicap general, came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun.¨ She does this cause they have there handicaps off realizing who is more intelligent and who is not.

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I believe technology is a major benefit to ensure everyone is equal and there is no lower or upper class by using a handicap and having a handicap general to make sure everyone is wearing them. Towards the end of the story it says, ¨It was then that Diana Moon Glampers, the handicap general, came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun.¨ She does this cause they have there handicaps off realizing who is more intelligent and who is not.

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I believe technology is a benefit in this story. In the story there is a handicap general that uses radios that will make noises in people's ears. This slows down the person's thinking so there isn't anyone smarter.

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The word finally suggest that they've been fighting for equality for a while now and now they believe everything is equal when it is not.

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Technology is a benefit in this story because it makes everyone equal.  For example, in paragraph three it explains that by using things like the handicap radios it makes everyone the same so no one is overpowered or has any advantages. By having technology it allows them to make sure everyone is the in society is the same and without it they would not be able to use the same methods.

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Equal and normal are used the same in story through showing the handicaps people have. To be normal you have to be equal with one another which is why in the story people who are above average in anything are handicapped. As shown in the 3rd paragraph gorge was handicapped to be normal.

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it suggests that after all that time and a very long hard fight for true equality between everyone, warn down and very sick of the fight they are "finally done" like stated in the passage, " they were equal in every which way" and have become better as a society in that aspect and the author uses finally for the readers to attempt to understand all that has happened.

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By saying finally to that statement, it is referring to the extreme prejudice and inequality that takes place in this world. Saying "Finally" is stating that that problem no longer exists and everyone is the same inside and out.

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The irony is that when they say everyone is equal, that statement of equality is being contradicted because they are making them equal. Forcing equality in that manner is not the right thing to do, covering someone's face, or putting earplugs in someone's ears because they're ¨too pretty¨ or ¨too smart¨ is wrong. They even made some H-G men cover their "too white teeth." This is all wrong and not the right way to make someone equal.

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The irony is that when they say everyone is equal, that statement of equality is being contradicted because they are making them equal. Forcing equality in that manner is not the right thing to do, covering someone's face, or putting earplugs in someone's ears because they're ¨too pretty¨ or ¨too smart¨ is wrong. They even made some H-G men cover their "too white teeth." This is all wrong and not the right way to make someone equal.

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It challenges the values of 2081 because emperor literally means  "a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire." A ruler would imply that one is better or more fit for a position, thus challenging the "They were equal every which way-line 3," ideology by saying one was better than another. It does not support those values once so ever.

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Finally¨ suggest that inequality has never been non-existent and with the handicaps they have it makes it equal.

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From the reader's point of view, technology is a detriment to society in the story. The television set George and Hazel have on throughout the story is a great example of this, as the reader can clearly see that the ballerina act playing out on screen is meant to serve the purpose of furthering the government's use of censorship and "equality". However, the characters see it as mindless entertainment fulfilling no other purpose, as evidenced by Hazel's comment on the ballerina's "'real pretty dance, that dance they just did...that dance -- it was nice.'"

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The word "finally" suggests that equality wasn't a thing until 2081. True equality hasn't been obtained.

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Technology is a detriment o society because it doesn't let people be who they really are. In paragraph 3 t says ,"He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned t a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of his brain."

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I think that there is a bland and tired tone in the story. The reason I think this is because most of the people in the story seem tired from dealing with their handicaps all day. Also it is bland because all of the people are similar so there is no difference and excitement in the story.

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The word "finally" suggests that it has taken a very long time for society to overcome this problem and that it wasn't easy to do so. The year 2081 also shows how much difference there is compared to now.

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the irony of this story is that everybody is equal when nobody is. In reality nobody is equal and that is what makes us who we are as people.

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The word "finally" suggests that equality wasn't present during the times of this story being written while also allowing us as the reader to assume that it is within our reach, though often we read phrases such as 'finally,' or, 'atlast,' as a sort of relief through the author or narrator's eyes, when subjectively, it's a simple destination without empathy and so in stating that equality had 'finally' been we led ourselves on to our own dissapointment, assuming we weren't just using text.

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It suggests that this fight for equality was not easy, and that it took a long time for them to get where they are currently.

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It's said as if they achieved perfection.Nobody was weaker, taller, prettier, or stronger.They have no freedom of speech nor thought.They are sheep.Therefore they are all the same.

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Technology is a detriment to society within the story, it allows them to control and forcefully change people to make everyone equal, even if that means emmiting loud noises in their brain everytime they think.

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Technology is detrimental in this story because it is used in ways to block a persons uniqueness which I think is wrong, also it is used to bring down with above average qualities. For example "The rest of Harrison’s appearance was Halloween and hardware. Nobody had ever borne heavier handicaps. He had outgrown hindrances faster than the H-G men could think them up. Instead of a little ear radio for a mental handicap, he wore a tremendous pair of earphones, and spectacles with thick wavy lenses. The spectacles were intended to make him not only half blind, but to give him whanging headaches besides." 40-45 Bergeron

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Normal and equal being that they all have the same physical abilities with the weights and the same mental abilities so that no one is smarter or better at anything than anyone else.

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I think the technology in this situation is a detriment, because it not only making people think at the same rate, it takes away their right to think. they can’t formulate their own thoughts. This is not equality, this is imprisonment, trapping them from their own minds, binding them from their own thoughts. in the story, George is constantly being held back in the story.

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The word finally is referring to the past/present when not everyone or everything was equal and the day has come where everything now is. (Vonnegut, lines 1-3)

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The word finally is referring to the past/present when not everyone or everything was equal and the day has come where everything now is. (Vonnegut, lines 1-3)

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In line 54, when Harrison declares himself emperor he is stating that he is better than everyone else . Therefore it makes society unequal and challenges the values set in place for 2081.

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george resisted because he believed that if he got away with removing his heavy handicaps others would try to get away with it too and eventually nobody would be equal and they would go back to being in the "dark ages"

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The technology is a benefit because it's the reason why everyone is equal. No one can be more prettier or ugly than anyone. For example, Harrison Bergeron said "Yup,” said George. He tried to think a little about the ballerinas. They weren’t really very good — no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. They were burdened with sash-weights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in." It's a good thing that no one has to worry or feel insecure about someone being better now that everyone is equal. If everyone was not equal, it would create jealousy and hate among the people.

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The technology is a benefit because it's the reason why everyone is equal. No one can be more prettier or ugly than anyone. For example, Harrison Bergeron said "Yup,” said George. He tried to think a little about the ballerinas. They weren’t really very good — no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. They were burdened with sash-weights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in." It's a good thing that no one has to worry or feel insecure about someone being better now that everyone is equal. If everyone was not equal, it would create jealousy and hate among the people.

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To make everyone equal they handicapped and covered peoples true appearances. This was the normal in the time they were living in, although it wasn't what we'd call normal now.  

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To make everyone equal they handicapped and covered peoples true appearances. This was the normal in the time they were living in, although it wasn't what we'd call normal now.  

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He says that once one person starts to disobey the law it will have a chain reaction and eventually everyone won't listen.

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They weren't actually equal, everyone is different, character couldn't be changed, but only appearance, the way everyone looks, all had to wear masks and bags, suffering for an equality that isn't true

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Technology is seen as a benefit in their society. With their equality construct, technology is seen as a way to give everyone an equal ground, or not reach their full potential/ excel in certain fields. However, in our eyes it is seen as a disadvantage because they do not have the ability to obtain proper knowledge or be notified of the world around them.

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"Normal and "equal" in this story are the same to the extent that no one could be better than everybody else who was "normal" or else they would be handicapped. By being handicapped people are forced to be physically and mentally the same as everybody else: " She must have been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore was hideous. And it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all dancers, for her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two-hundred-pound men"(Vonnegut paragraph 40).

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in the first paragraph irony is shown ,, it contributes to the story because it shows that he was not on the same equality as everyone else

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It suggests that equality has been an unattainable idea for a  very long period of time, unfortunately. Equality had taken a great amount of effort to finally achieve. In the first paragraph, Bergeron states that "They were equal in every which way", meaning that not one person had more value than another in society.

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It suggests that equality has been an unattainable idea for a  very long period of time, unfortunately. Equality had taken a great amount of effort to finally achieve. In the first paragraph, Bergeron states that "They were equal in every which way", meaning that not one person had more value than another in society.

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Everyone in this story is becoming equal and if there is a ruler there means not everyone is equal with him saying he is the emperor of the world saying he is better than everyone on the planet challenging the entire goverment in that statement

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What's ironic about the situation in the story is that in a society where everyone is equal, it's supposed to do more good than harm. However, forcing people who were pretty to wear masks, weighing down ballerinas with weights,  and having smart people wear headphones to subdue their thinking power defeats the purpose of making everyone equal because it handicaps them from doing their best.

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 Kamsi Ejike                                 I agree the literal existence of an emperor is placed higher above others, as you said emperor means a ruler. Someone commanding someone else  

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 Kamsi Ejike                                 I agree the literal existence of an emperor is placed higher above others, as you said emperor means a ruler. Someone commanding someone else  

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Kamsi Ejike                                  I 100 percent agree with you in their dystopian society "dark ages" refers to a society were people are higher than one another different from others.

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Kamsi Ejike                                  I 100 percent agree with you in their dystopian society "dark ages" refers to a society were people are higher than one another different from others.

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I disagree with you because, "finally equal" refers to the idea that equality has been obtained not yet to be attained.

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The first paragraph contributes to the irony of the story in many ways. The definition of equality is one of the contributors. We are taught that everyone is unique but the story claims that everyone is "equal" . Their definition is different to ours.  In the story everyone is the same with no unique characteristics. "The definition of equality in this story is very ironic. In the story they claim that everyone is equal, yet there is a very definition of equal in today's world. In the present day, we say equality is about raising people up to be equal and celebrating uniqueness. The story's definition of equal is bringing people down to a certain level of dull. They make people with intelect and remarkable talents normal and uninteresting so that everybody can be as normal as the rest of the world. In the quote "She must
have been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore was
hideous", they insituate that nobody can be better than anyone else, whether it's their physical characteristics or intelectual abilities."

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The author suggests that soon enough equality would take place ,but sort of start a whole new issue with of being too equal  in many ways.

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I think this story is warning us to stop judging people so hard on little things they cannot change or to stop idolizing certain features/talents. people will always demand equality. I'm guessing that people took the word "equality" too far and in the wrong way and now everyone must be a carbon copy of eachother.