Vocabulary For Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- Calibrated: check, adjust, settings on instruments used for measurement
- My grandfather uses his tuner which is an calibrate for his guitar.
- Consternation: sudden, alarming amazement resulting in confusion
- When the fight came out the consternation came out.
- Cower: crouch, recoil, flinch
- She cower when I acked like I wanted to hit her.
- Hindrance: stopping, preventing
- I asked the teacher could her hindrance the girl from brothering me.
- Luminous: radiating or reflecting light
- My window in my car a luminous when the sun is out.
- Symmetry: equal proportions
- A triangle has a line of symmetry right down the middle.
- Synchronizing: causing to work or operate at the same time; unison
- My I-pod be synchronizing when I put new music on it.
- Vague: unclear
- The words on the wall was very vague to me.
- Vigilance: watchful, alert, paying attention
- On December 31, every year we vigilance for the New Year.
- Wince: to draw back or tense the body as if experiencing pain
- When she broke her ankle she winces because it was an open fractured.
Discussion Questions
- What is the theme of the story?
- To much government control for the government will become bad.
- What do you think Harrison’s rebellion reveals about his character and values? Support your opinion with references to the text.
- He wasn’t afraid and he wanted to create change but didn’t want to lose his life.
- What conclusions can you draw about the society in which the characters live?
- The government has all the control the characters have no freedom at all.
- . What do you think Vonnegut might be trying to say about today’s society and the role a government can play in achieving equality among people? At what point does government go too far?
- He didn’t want the government to have all the control. When they toke away people gifts that god gave them.
- . In what ways is there tension between equality and opportunity in our country today?
- Racism, men and women
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