Last Week of October!

English 12

Read the short story: Harrison Bergeron. The link is below or it is in the Inside Stories II book on page 175.

Respond to one of the following questions below. Your response should be a paragraph with proper quote integration (at least two) and topic and concluding sentence. One page double spaced maximum! This will be handed in for marks Wednesday! (WEDNESDAY)


1. Vonnegut's message seems to say that individual civil rights should never be sacrificed the alleged common good. Do you see examples of this in 1984? Comment on both.

2. Vonnegut shows what extraordinary strength can do: defy the laws of gravity and motion; but Vonnegut also shows that strength can be used to oppress the weak, even in the name of protecting the weak against the excesses of the strong. Is this the case in 1984? Support with examples from both.


Writer's Fest Creative Response due tomorrow (TUESDAY).

Harrison Bergeron
Got 26 minutes? Watch a movie version!



Social Justice


Complete a sheet on Big Ideas to be handed in tomorrow.

Remember that you want to list the topics we have discussed. Summarize the Big Concepts, Outline the new ideas or thoughts and state any lingering questions and questions for the teacher.