"Harrison Bergeron" Theme Statements
Thursday, August 14 2014 04:41 AM
Room: Luella221
Period 1
Student Names
McCord,Jordan
kristen jakrali
Worley, Brooke
McKibben,Jordan
Hawkins, Myracle
Branden Solomon
India Terrell
Rodriquez, Emilio
Levi thompson
Imani Jordan
Lentz, Jackson
chaise jones
Wiedrick,Jacob
Bonacci, Brendon
Tennille, Jonny
Tyler, Davis
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Does not meet the standard
Approachng the standard
Meets the standard
Exceeds the standard
Student Answers
The story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr is about sociaty coming together and treating everybody
equaly and and reveals that equality will come one day
The short story "Harrison Bergeron " by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is about equality and reveals that the government
is controlling everyone , by making them all the same without anyone being different . If someone is different ,
then they are punished for it.
The short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is about equality and reveals that forcing everybody
to be equal strips them of their identity and takes away rights that every person should have.
Score
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The short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is about control and reveals that no matter what
someone always has control over society.
The short story "Harrison Bergeron," by KurtVonnegut, jr is about equality and reveals that the government is
forcing everyone to be equal, the exact same, no one is better than any other person. They control the
people.
The story harrison bergernon by kurt vonnegut jr is about depression and rebellion and reveals that in this
story life is a game to the characters
The short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Is about equality and reveals that everything
doesn't need to be equal in society.
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Is this the main message of the story?
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Is this the main message of the story?
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Your topic can only be one word or
compound word.
Good start, but this could be worded in a
more sophisticated way.
The short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is equality and reveals that being completly equal is
not nesscerely a good thing.
The short story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is about equality and reveals that equality among
people strips life of all the triumphs and losses that make lfe interesting and worth living, making humanity a
race of bland clones.
The short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is about cruelty and reveals that the government
can force you to do something and if you dont do it there will be consequences.
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The story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is about equality and reveals that everyone was born to
be different and stand out.
The short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is about equality and reveals that people being
better than other people shouldn't be a conflict in society.
The short story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is about equality and reveals that no one is or should
be exactly the same. We are all different for a reason.
The story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is about misery and reveals that something perfect to you,
might not be perfect to someone else.
The short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is about equality and reveals that no human is
created equal and that everyone is different no matter what.
The short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is about loss of control of our every day lives and
reveals that when the government gains to much power they have better vontrol of our every day lives,
activities, and abilities
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Feedback
Your topic can only be one word or
compound word.
Don't write about the plot!
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Very deep idea, but we might want to
tweak it a bit. After all, some equality isn't
bad, right?
Is this the main message of the story?
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Is this the main message of the story?
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Is this the main message of the story?
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Is this the main message of the story?
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Your topic can only be one word or
compound word.
Patel, Meet
The short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is about equality and reveals that complete equality
would be detrimental and would prevent us from reaching our full potential.
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caitlyn keaton .
The short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr . is about cruelty and reveals that the government
makes everybody be equal, and if they are different they will get punished.
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You're writing about the plot. Don't do
that. Find the message in the story.
Jusufhodzic, Maya
The short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is about solitude and reveals that equality can be
miss used or, more so over used in such a way that it destroies a person.
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Okay, cool idea, but how does your
message relate to solitude?
Burns,Samuel
The short story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is about equality and it reveals that equality is a good
thing but it is impossible to make everyone equal
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Well, the story made everyone pretty
equal. So that conflicts with your
statement.
General Comments
Much better job with grammar and punctuation this time around. These theme statements are better than the first set, and as you can see, we have some that even meet the standard, evne fi
they can use a little bit of tweaking. Remember, you can't have more than one word as a topic. Also, the "statement about the human condition" has to be a message about humanity the uathor
inserts into his work. When you decide on one, ask yourself, "Is this really what the author is trying to teach me?"