A good book, in my opinion, introduces other interesting books. One of those special books is “Justice.” The complete title is “Justice, What’s the right thing to do?”, by Michael J. Sandel who is a famous philosophy professor at the University of Oxford. Most people in Japan were in a flap when the translated version was published in 2010.
It mentioned 3 other dystopian stories, “The one’s walk away from Omelas,” “Brave New World,” and “Harrison Bergeron.” I’ve already read 2 out of the 3 and have yet to read the last one. “Harrison Bergeron” shows us nightmare of perfectly equal world.
The author, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., wrote of a scary future. Over average intelligent people have to wear earphones that make (2)fizzing or buzzing noises every twenty seconds to interrupt their thoughts! Harrison is the 14-year old son of the Bergeron couple. The United State Handicapper General had taken him away and never allowed his parents to (3)fetch him. Since Harrison was good looking and highly intelligent, he was considered an extraordinary person. Their highly controlled society didn’t allow his parents any feelings of sadness even when they lost their son.
What kind of person is an egalitarian? Is this the kind of egalitarianism to solve discrimination in the world? I can hear Vonnegut’s strong opinion from this story. If many people stop thinking deeply, it is no different from permitting the world to change as if it were a bad dream. After the change, even though people say it was (4)against their better judgment, the excuse is meaningless and too late. This story is really short, but the metaphor is amazingly deep.
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Title: Bad dream of perfect equality world.
A good book for me is connected to many interesting other books. One of my special books is “Justice”.
The title is “Justice, What’s the right thing to do?”, The author is Michael J. Sandel who is a famous philosophy professor at the University of Oxford. The translated version published in Japan it was widely accepted in the (1)flap over at 2010.
I found 3 dystopia novels in it. “The one’s walk away from Omelas” “Brave New World” “Harrison Bergeron” I’ve already read 2 works, but the last one didn’t read. “Harrison Bergeron” shows us bad dream of perfect equality world.
The author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. written scared future. Over average intelligent people have to wear earphone. It makes (2)fizz or buzz noise every twenty seconds for interrupt their thought!
Harrison is 14 years old, a son of Bergeron’s couple. The united state Handicapper General had taken him away and never (3)fetched him home. because Harrison was good looking and high intelligence, an extraordinary person. The highly controlled society didn’t allow feeling sad his parents even if they lost their son.
What kind of people is an egalitarian? This kind of egalitarianism is the best solution to solve our world discrimination? I can hear Vonnegut’s strong opinion from this story. If many people stop deeply thinking, It permits to let change the world will be as a bad dream. After the changing, even though people say it was (4)against their better judgment, the excuse is meaningless and too late. This story is really short, but the metaphor is amazingly deep.
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homework: (1)flap, (2)fizz, (3)fetch
(4)against one’s better judgement
If you do something, even though you feel it is not a sensible thing to do, you do it against your better judgement.
Bob persuaded her to go by car, against her better judgement, and she regretted it as soon as she saw the heavy traffic.