Harrison Bergeron Literature didactics

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"If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”

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Kurt Vonnegut
1922-2007
American Writer 
Slaughterhouse-Five
Studied "The Shape of Stories"




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Kurt Vonnegut's writing
Simplistic and dry
Themes: 
Pacifism
Social equality 
Need for common decency
Main villain: dehumanisation 


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Vonnegut believed: simplicity is a lost art, one that when utilized correctly could convey every emotion in human language in only a few words.

He targets dehumanization through technology, sexuality and violence as his main villains.
Assignment Dystopian Novels
Read or Listen to "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut
In groups of 4 do the questions on pages 73+74 of your book. Answer them in LessonUp (only one person needs to do this). 

Teams does the group making.
If you have questions type in the chat that you need help.


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Harrison Bergeron

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Name a positive aspect of the society in the story:

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What is lacking in the society?

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What could this story be about?

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Aspects of dystopia?

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Dystopia
- Themes
- Government
- Characters
- Conflict
- Plot
- Imagery
- Compare to our society

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What could this story be about?

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