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essay prep (Harrison Bergeron (perspective (total equality comes at a…

- - - - “And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear.”
  - - - character action
        
        "But Harrison snatched up two musicians from their chairs. waved them like batons as he sang... He slammed them back into their chairs."
      - narrative convention - character action
        
        "Diana Moon Glampers loaded the gun again. She aimed it at the musicians and told them they had ten seconds to get their handicaps back on."
- - - - repetition
        
        “It wasn't fair!” "It wasn't fair” "I tell you it wasn't fair.” "It isn't fair”
    - - characterisation, dialogue
        
        “Mrs Dunbar had small stones in both hands, and she said, gasping for breath. "I can't run at all. You'll have to go ahead and I'll catch up with you.”
  - - - characterisation, dialogue
        
        “There's Don and Eva," Mrs Hutchinson yelled. "Make them take their chance!”
    - - lexical choice
        
        'Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand.'
  - - - descriptive language
        
        'The children had stones already. And someone gave little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles.'
      - foreshadowing
        
        “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothie and roundest stones."
- - - - language feature
        
        lexical choice
        
        “A metallic voice called to him: ‘Stand still. Stay where you are! Don't move!’”
  - - - narrative convention
        
        characterisation, dialogue
        
        “Hello, in there,” he whispered to every house as he moved. ‘Whats up tonight on channel 4, channel 7, channel 9?"'
      - language feature
        
        simile
        
        "The tombs, ill-lit by television light, where people sat like the dead, the grey or multicoloured lights touching their faces, but never really touching them."
  - - - narrative convention
        
        characterisation, dialogue
        
        "Where are you taking me?" "To the Psychiatric Centre for Research on Regressive Tendencies"