Harsh. Hopeless. Grim. The future is not a lively, wonderful place, according to “All Summer In A Day” by Ray Bradbury and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. In “All Summer In A Day”, Margot is looked down upon, and even locked in a closet, because she has seen the sun, unlike the other children of Venus. In “Harrison Bergeron”, anyone who doesn’t fit the Handicapper General’s standards of equality--an outsider, such as Harrison--is sent to prison, and may even be killed. A theme that may be commonly noticed in both of these stories is that people who don’t fit society’s standards of normal are treated poorly. I feel that this theme is supported multiple times throughout each text, and I shall provide the evidence that shows as much. In “All Summer in a Day”, Margot is treated unfairly by the other children of Venus because she remembers the sun and tells everyone that the sun will come back, but the other children believe that she is lying. For example, it states in the story, “They had been in Venus all their lives...but Margot remembered. ‘You’re lying, you …show more content…
For example, the text states, “He began to think glimmeringly about his abnormal son who was now in jail.” This evidence proves that because George and Hazel’s son, Harrison, was seen as abnormal by society’s standards , he was taken away and put in jail. The text also states, “She must have been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore was hideous. And it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers, for her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two-hundred pound men.” This evidence shows that the government of the world that the story, “Harrison Bergeron”, is set in has attempted to make everyone equal to one another, and they don’t want any differences between people whatsoever. In that case, anyone who is different is