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These 2 stories are similar through there dystopian takes on society. They both include a group of people that have been brainwashed into having horrible things happen to them or to others through faulty justification.

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They both similar because they are both "protesting" what they believe. For example, Tessie says when she is about to get killed is "It isn't fair, it isn't right!" and Harrison protests that he doesn't want to live with these handicapes any more by saying "Even as I stand here, crippled, hobbled, sickened- I am a greater ruler than any man who ever lived." If you read through, you can adviously tell that they are fighting back against what they think is wrong.

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Vonnegut put the ballet because it is more relaxing to watch than either a football game, or a basketball game. Allowing George and Hazel to feel relaxed and realizing that they will not remember a football game or a basketball game if they were to watch those type of action packed videos. " George was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn't be handicapped. But he didn't get very far with it before another noise in his ear radio scattered his thoughts". This is key due to the noises running through is head he cant remember what he was think about and that why they did not have any important games on otherwise they would forget.

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This society does not represent an illusion of utopia because no one is allowed to be themselves. "The transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains". This is just showing how no one has the ability to be them. However, the people in the society feel like it is a good thing. For example when a news announcer tried to speak but couldn't Hazel said "That's the big thing. He tried to do the best he could with what God gave him". This is showing how Hazel is ok with the fact that no one is better than anyone else so it is ok to mess up.

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Vonnegut chooses ballet for the tv because ballet represents beauty and gracefulness and to really show how messed up their society is with all of the handicaps, they want to contrast one of the most delicate sports and show that they even too have to wear handicaps. This quote shows how the ballerinas were treated, "They were burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face."

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Vonnegut is trying to warn the reader about government control in the future by using this story to show how the government brain washes people into thinking that they know whats best for people instead of their own best judgement.

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Harrison Bergeron is the dystopian protagonist because he does not like and questions the handicap system. He believes that the system currently is wrong and society should not be living the way that they are right now. When the author writes, "Harrison plucked the mental handicap from her ear, snapped off her physical handicaps with marvelous delicacy." This shows that Harrison is trying to help the people watching T.V recognize that handicaps are wrong, which is a characteristic of a dystopian protagonist.

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Harrison Bergeron has many characters of a dystopian protagonist, for example he believes that something is terribly wrong with society. His actions prove this because he broke the handicaps and tried to cause a rebellion

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This story was written 1961 and Vonnegut was trying to prepare readers that there is always a possible chance of someone taking over and dictating rules. Obviously it wouldn't be to this extent but no one knows what the future could hold and what could possibly happen

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Yes, this society represents the illusion of utopia because through control of technology and the control of the leaders, the citizens are brainwashed into believing that they live in a perfect, unified world. The citizens think the society is also perfect because the can not think on their own and are brainwashed into believing it is perfect.

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Vonnegut put ballet on the t.v. to the what the government did to the people who were prettier than others.

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Vonnegut is trying to warn the reader not to give the government too much control because that control could lead to possible scenarios such as the story. I think Vonnegut saw that there were lots of technological advances going on in 1961, so he thought that too  many technological advances could happen and have consequences.

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The Lottery and Harrison Bergeron and both similar because they both show control. In The Lottery, they tell the people that one person has to die each year to have a good harvest, while in Harrison Bergeron, they tell the people that everyone has to be equal and, therefore make everyone equal.

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Harrison Bergeron is a dystopian protagonist because he questions the existing social and political systems in which he lives in. In "Harrison Bergeron" it states, "Harrison tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper, tore straps guaranteed to support five thousand pounds." This is an example of how Harrison stands up against the controlling political and social systems.

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Vonnegut wants everyone to be the same. He doesn't want anyone to be equal in this world. He doesn't want anyone to be better looking, stronger, or smarter.

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Vonnegut was warning the reader to be cautious about the government's control in the future

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Yes, this society represents an illusion of utopia. This is shown by him starting the story with "The year was 2081 and everyone was finally equal." But the rest of the story explains how cruel their ways of doing this were.

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Alex Swiezynski- This society represents an "illusion of utopia"  in many ways expressed throughout the story. For one, the writer uses the terms  equality and fair to show how citizens believe the society functions. Another example about how citizens feel about the society is on page 12 when an announcer was talking, the text uses the word "unfair" to describe her voice and says "...and she began again,making her voice absolutely uncompetitive." like having a nice voice is unequal.

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Alex Swiezynski- This society represents an "illusion of utopia"  in many ways expressed throughout the story. For one, the writer uses the terms  equality and fair to show how citizens believe the society functions. Another example about how citizens feel about the society is on page 12 when an announcer was talking, the text uses the word "unfair" to describe her voice and says "...and she began again,making her voice absolutely uncompetitive." like having a nice voice is unequal.

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Vonnegut wants everyone to be equal and for no one to be better at one thing than someone else because He wants to give people the image of what the world would be like if everyone was the same.

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These stories are both similar because they both deal with dystopian controls. The lottery is told what they need to do and Bergeron is also being controlled in the way that they live by being put into a certain control based on them.

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Vonnegut decided to choose ballet for the purpose of contrasting and contradiction. At ballet shows it is always peaceful, quiet, and delicate. Then this sudden harsh, eruption occurred which was very unpleasant and shocking to the audience in which was intended to watch ballet.

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Vonnegut was trying to suggest the idea that if everyone were to be the same this is how life would look. There would be no purpose in life and people would attempt to rebel but there would be so much conformity that it would be unsuccessful. Conformity means a group joining together with the same beliefs and even though people didn't like their handicaps they were brainwashed into conformity to not understand it.

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These stories are similar to each other both stories are in some way are controlled by society.

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Yes this society represents an "illusion of a utopia" because of the control the leaders had on their people to make them brainwashed into thinking that they lived in a normal society

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they both have similarities because they kill someone in the text

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Vonnegut is trying to warn the reader about the government control in the future. One way he does this is by saying "The year was 2081...", then proceeded to get into detail about harsh government control and to want the audience of possibilities for the future.

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Vonnegut is trying to show the reader that while equality is something we need to work towards. We need to make sure that it is done the right way so people don't have to conform to the average person.

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Harrison Bergeron is a dystopian protagonist because he is being held back by the decision that everyone has to be equal while he does not believe in this propaganda. He proves this by breaking off the handicaps and standing for what he believes is right in front of everyone who thinks that he is wrong.

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"Harrison Bergeron" and "The Lottery" are similar because the governments in both stories are doing what they think is right for society and will benefit it. In "The Lottery" Warner believes that the lottery they do is essential for the town. In "Harrison Bergeron" Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General thinks that making everyone equal will make the perfect society.

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Harrison Bergeron is a dystopian protagonist because he tries to not have the society turn into a brainwashed society and not allow them to struggle to get through life. Harrison wants people to become successful and not suffer and struggle through there life with handicaps that make there life harder for them. "I am the Emperor!" cried Harrison "Do you hear? I am the Emperor! Everybody must do what I say at once!" This is relevant because he wants the society to be normal and allow the society to be who they are and not let there differences affect them.

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In the story, Vonnegut is trying to say that conformity is not what everyone thinks it is. People want everyone to be completely equal, but by writing this story, Vonnegut shows that being 100% equal is not desirable. In the story it says, "And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times". This quote suggests that having a handicap is not desirable and I think that is what Vonnegut was trying to show throughout his story.

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This society does represent an illusion of utopia because the all of the handicaps are a sense of control over the population of this society. Also the fact that is very dehumanized, perhaps not like in the lottery, but in a different way. Like the 300 pound bags around peoples necks, which could potentially cause permanent damage to the esophagus and windpipe.

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I think Vonnegut is trying to say that people technically should be treated the same in the world because they are all humans, but that's not how society works, and hes trying to show what would happen if everyone was the same by limiting certain people and their abilities.

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I believe that vonnegut put ballot on the TV because dancing is an art form that is used to express emotion but the society that they are living in does not allow the people be be free until the protagonist let the dancers free and then described how free they looked once they danced with their handicaps off.

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I believe that they choose to use the ballet scene instead of something like football or soccer because ballerinas are graceful, light, and beautiful even though they have their masks and handicapes on. It shows them how beautiful the world can be and make the characters feel happy and graceful. Say they choose something else, then it would be totally different because the characters could feel stressed instead. This makes the story seem like it is going well and there will be a good ending. In a way the they choose ballet to mask what will happen to those characters. You never saw it coming because of where they are and how they are dancing gracefully and effortlessly.

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This society represents an illusion of utopia because the citizens in the story believe that the way they are living is perfect. Many people like Hazel simply believe that their society is perfect because everyone is equal due to the handicaps the government requires everyone to wear. However, in reality the entire system is not fair. People should be able to be enjoy a sport like ballet and not have to be weighted down to be able to dance like everyone else.

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Vonnegut is trying to warn the reader that having equality is not about having conformity, but about the rights people are receiving."The spectacles were intended to make him not only half blind, but to give him whanging headaches besides". This is an example on how they take advantage of making people the same.

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Because they don’t want to host comedy or anything showing that people are better in personality wise.

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He is the protagonist because he disagrees with everything to do with society and thinks it’s completely messed up and blown out of proportion.