Throughout Kurt Vonnegut’s short story, “Harrison Bergeron”,
Vonnegut cleverly uses irony to portray Harrison’s life as a compilation of
ironic moments to draw the reader to believe in false expectations. The
situational irony within the story creates a scene with an ending that differs
from most’s expectation and sticks in the reader’s mind as a unique and
surprising story. Vonnegut uses the powerful tool of irony to create a plot in
which a nation is being suppressed so that everyone is mentally and physically
similar, but one man, Harrison Bergeron, rips off is disabilities to show that
he is different and to express his true self, which gets him killed. Vonnegut
desires to write in a such a way that he may use Harrison Bergeron to toy with feelings
and beliefs to boldly and fully get his point across. “Harrison Bergeron” contains
the irony necessary to portray the plot and setting in such a way that decieves
people’s minds so no one expects the end.
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