Harrison Bergeron Movie Analysis Essay - 816 Words

â€Å"Harrison Bergeron.† a movie based on Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. short story that was directed by Bruce Pittman, is about Harrison’s struggle to fight against a system set in place by John Klaxon and his secret society. The message of â€Å"Harrison Bergeron.† is, that equality doesn’t necessarily create the â€Å"perfect world.† Because nobody can express who they are as an individual. The characters in â€Å"Harrison Bergeron.† Such as John Klaxon and Harrison himself, had conflicting ideologies that lead to strife and conflict between them. John Klaxon spent his life creating a world in which the general public was totally equal to one another, but him and his secret society dont have handicaps or any sort. They manage what the public sees and hears with†¦show more content†¦Instead of letting them do that, he ran away from home to a place where people like himself gather called a â€Å"Head House.† There he was recruited to join Klaxons society. They educated Harrison on what the world was like prior to his time, and how ugly it had been before the equality amendments. He later saw the corruption in this society and how unfair and unethical it is to the general public that would never get to truly express themselves, listen to music, or watch anything meaningful. This caused him to rebel against Klaxon and his society, even if he had to pay the ultimate sacrifice. He locked himself in the television control room and exposed Klaxons secret society and urged them to take off their handicaps and sit down to watch some real television. During the movie he did this fully knowing that guards sent by John to stop him were cutting through the door and that he would probably be locked up in prison or worse. This was an act of rebellion against the immoral society he lived in and he wanted to bring that society down. He was willing to give up his life to get his ideology across to the general public. The guards caught Harrison after the incident and was they brought him on a talk show to explain that his actions and ideals were fake, but proceeds to commit suicide on air to show the public what he said was true. During the movie he does this because he doesnt want