Authorial Purpose (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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Year Vonnegut wrote Harrison Bergeron
Year Vonnegut wrote Harrison Bergeron
1961
Vonnegut's primary purpose in Harrison Bergeron
Vonnegut's primary purpose in Harrison Bergeron
Satirical warning against extreme equality enforcement
Constitutional Amendments mandating handicaps
Constitutional Amendments mandating handicaps
211-213
Radical egalitarianism in the story
Radical egalitarianism in the story
Dragging everyone down to same level, not lifting people up
How George shows internalised tyranny
How George shows internalised tyranny
Polices his own thoughts, thinking people shouldn't be better
Hazel's response to witnessing son's murder
Hazel's response to witnessing son's murder
Forgets it moments later due to amnesia
Bathos literary technique definition
Bathos literary technique definition
Sudden shift from elevated material to trivial/ridiculous
Example of hyperbolic absurdity in story
Example of hyperbolic absurdity in story
300-pound scrap metal weights strong people must wear
Type of revolt Vonnegut seeks to spark
Type of revolt Vonnegut seeks to spark
Intellectual revolt, not immediate action
Vonnegut's description of his protest method
Vonnegut's description of his protest method
Holding a fun-house mirror to life