Harrison+Bergeron



Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut

Respond to the following quote in the "discussion" area, make sure your response is close to 350 words long ( a solid half page), and you should try to respond to one other persons response at some point. Before responding take a minute to read some of the critical commentaries I have compiled on some of the philosophy involved in such a thought.

Think about the following quote by Friedrich Nietzsche “Ideals of human equality perpetuate mediocrity - a truth that has been distorted and concealed by modern value systems.”

Here is a link to the story in case you need to refer to it: Harrison Bergeron

Here is a link to some info on Nietzsche in case you want to read more to justify an opinion: a Brief Nietzsche essay excerpt

A larger link to his complete theory: Click Here