Blog #4- Jaiden Chan- Period 2- 2/10/2020

Review of Unit 1 Vocab Quiz:
- know definitions and synonyms

Aim:
How does Kurt Vonnegut Jr.s’ background and choice of literary devices provide greater insight
and clarity to his work, “Harrison Bergeron”?

Do Now: Think/Pair/Share
“Fitting in” is sometimes viewed as a necessity. How can it become a handicap? What can be
done to prevent it from becoming one?
- It prevent someone from being themselves and forming their own identity
- It can become a handicap and prevents room for self growth
- In our society, everyone’s whose successful is more successful because they are
different
- A person can try to fit in with a group, but it won't necessarily fit what they need
- People should stop promoting inclusivity because it makes everyone the same
- People are impressionable, so trying to prevent it won’t work because their will always
be people who want to fit it
- However, fitting in can be good because it may improve someone’s grades if “fitting in”
means to have good academics

Literary Focus:
Theme-
- a central message, concern, or insight into life
Dialect:
- is spoken language used by a large group
- It is not a specialized language, but the way in which the language or words are spoken
- Ex/ New Yorkers are considered to by loud and rude
Conflict:
- a struggle between town opposing forces
- Internal conflict- struggle in a characters mind (character vs. self)
- External conflict- a struggle between a character and an outside force (character vs
character/society/nature)
Internal and External Conflict Practice:
- wizard of oz, Dorothy vs wicked witch of the west (character vs character): external
- Tsunami vs character (character vs nature): external
- Alice in wonderland vs self (character vs self): internal

-Continue Reading “Harrison Bergeron”
Consider:
- satire
Group work:
1) What are the implications of the opening sentence?
- everyone was finally equal (says that everyone was basically not)
2) How can you tell if this story fits the criteria of a Dystopian Story?
- A dystopia is the opposite of an ideal society, people are blinded by the fact that they
believe the world is perfect, but in fact their world was extremely corruptive
3) How does the author use direct and indirect characterization and what do we learn as a
result?
- Indirect- describing the parents, not directly saying they are handicapped
4) How does the author use satire throughout the story? What specifically is satirized?
- At the end its making fun of how everyone is stupid