Read the excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron." The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before Go
d and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General. Vonnegut uses satire in this excerpt by
Use satire to describe how equality was directed by the government, which in general was mental and psychological slavery, this equality guarded by the state is a total satire for oppressive and radical governments. this little apart from Vonnegut, is the sign that the extremes can become worse than the differences of the human being
The National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (NIRA) was a law that was passed by the Congress in order to authorize the President to regulate industry. The main focus of such legislation was stimulating economic recovery during the Great Depression. One of the most controversial parts of this law was that which concerned unions. The law protected the collective bargaining rights for unions. It also encouraged union organizing and guaranteed trade union rights.
