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i think that we are supposed to react like people in the story. in other words, we are supposed to act as if nothing happened and it were a sign that everything should be equal and that was only just another message to tell us that such actions are not permitted in that sort of society. this is not to be taken seriously.
As Ryan said, this should not be taken seriously because it is not worth it. Everyone should be proud of who they are and what they have even though some people might have a lot more than others. However, trying to make the smart ones less smart, trying to make the beautiful people less apealing, and trying to change people so we are all equal, does not help any society.
The execution opened your eyes to what we don´t want to become in the future or what we may not what the society to become. Harrison wanted to prove to the whole world that being different is not bad, but sadly he didn´t get his point across.
The execution was the Handicapper General's way of reminding people that their world is too perfect for the right to protest and think progressively. She was basically saying, "If anyone else tries to get smart, I WILL bust a cap in your face."
Which is ironic, because Diana Glampers was supposed to represent people's right to equality. If that were true, why would she want people to think that she had the authority to shoot someone in cold blood with no trial, no attorneys, no jury, nothing.
Does Harrison's death show us that all protests of governement will be squashed?
If people ever got the chance to think, then no protests to the government will be squashed.
The point is... that Harrison was smarter than the system. He protested against the system because he thought that it was torture. Eventually, the people will be so brainless that they won't even know what they're wearing (the buzzer) and take it off. Then, the world will go back into the dark ages and the human race will start over as a poor, unintellegent race.
In this society, all government protests will be brought down with repression, wether the people like it or not... But then again, the people won't even know what happened two seconds ago and the lesson learned from the repression will not be drilled into the people's heads which will therefore make people think it okay to revolt.
Then the cycle starts all over again. People get killed, noone learnes from it and then it happens again... and again... and again...
The reader are supposed to react to the execution by simply receiving the message that rules in an equal society are not to be broken. An in cases when people break the law, they will be executed. Aldo, to show us the great power of the administration of an equal society.
This parallels several instances in world history. The Bolshevik Revolution was fueled by people enmity towards the Czar. When people are angry, they get scared. Joseph Stalin convinced them that all Soviet citizens were equal comrades, so he took power as a dictator.
Take, for example, the post-9/11 panic that hit the U.S. If you look at president Bush's approval ratings over his administration, you will notice that in the week of September 11th, 2001 his ratings were at an all-time high, a record-breaker. With the approval of the United States he could invade Afghanistan, open Guantanamo Bay, pass the Patriot Act, regain control of the Senate, and, eventually, occupy Iraq.
I am against the death penalty. But what I do not understand is why the handicapper general felt that she could authorize the death penalty if everyone was equal. She had the immediate authority to shoot a citizen in cold blood?
This execution is supposed to remind the readers that you are not allowed to think. Don't think, don't introduce new ideas, and don't debate the old ones. Subject yourself to conformity and keep your mouth shut. Failure to comply with said rules results in death with no fair trial.
Ryan and Nathan both have very strong points, and i really agree. But when I look for the meaning the author put into the execution I think of something different. Yes Harrison was not given a fair trial but yet again he wasn't even supposed to be doing that in the first place. He was supposed to obey and comply to the absolute order that was supposed to be ensuring the citizens equality. The execution really meant nothing to the people of that society for they would never even remember it. But it shocks the readers. It shows how the government or the Handicapper General would do anything to maintain order and they so called equality. It was to schock us, the readers, and demonstrate that is was all an illusion because such a perfect and equal society would never exist. That is the point of the execution.
The readers are suppose to react to Harrison and the ballerina's execution as a vision. We should see this and see what would happen to us if we become "equal." We should fear being equal. Reading about what happen should warn us about being equal.
Does Harrison's death show us that all protests of governement will be squashed? No, but most of them. Sometimes the protest are fair and the protestanst win and get what they want. But, most of the time it will be violent with guns and police men.
I believe readers are suppose to be shocked because of the simplicity of his execution. All the government did was shoot him and the ballerina. In simple words, if anyone would break any type of rule, the removal of them is quite an easy job. Readers are suppose to be threatened to believe that in year 2081, we won't have a choice but to simply follow these rules.
i think people should be shocked by the execution of both the characters. as Joe said "Readers are suppose to be threatened to believe that in year 2081, we won't have a choice but to simply follow these rules."
I think readers were meant to see what lengths the Handicapper General would go to remove any problems in their side. If that problem is someone not putting on their handicaps they have a little double barreled surprise for them and that definetely fixes the problem. As the reader I was shocked of the just brutal murder by a government official on national TV and the event after where the parents don't even remember their son getting shot in midair.
We as readers are supposed to react to Harrison and the ballerina's execution as it was really unfair. They were just killed because they breaking the laws, but they were doing it in order to take away the handicaps of the other people. He wanted to help them, so he started to break the laws. So we are supposed to act that everyone is different, and having ordinary people won't be good.
We are supposed to act to the execution of the Emperor and bailarina by feeling really sad about their situation because they loved each other.
In response to Ryan, on that "Harrison was smarter than the system", he apparently was not since he ended up dead. he fought against it, but did not win the battle. Harrison did not change people's minds, since they are so mediocre (or made mediocre). Harrison would have been smarter than the system if he wuold have used his intelligence to reconfigure the ear transmitters, ridding capable human beings from their handicap.
The execution adds the necessary tragic element to a satire. The "hero" dies, however, we are left with the ridicule of the situation, which makes us laugh.
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