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Vonnegut on the Read/Re-Read

Nathaniel wrote 2 months ago: Today I finished re-reading Kurt Vonnegut jr’s Slaughter-House Five for about the fifth or six … more →

Tags: General, Reading, Read, to read, Fiction, Literature, Authors, Books, Author

"Harrison Bergeron"6 comments

mrsreese wrote 3 months ago: 1. What aspect(s) of society is the author criticizing? 2. Which character is most memorable? Why? 3 … more →

Tags: Unit 1

2081 or maybe someone will watch it this time

deheor wrote 4 months ago: that should help you with those pesky thoughts Kurt Vonnegut Jr fans tend to be aware of the name Ha … more →

Tags: kurt vonnegut jr, Patricia Clarkson

Don't Try So Hard, Harrison Bergeron

parkerscott wrote 5 months ago: My english teachers are dormant Vonnegut nuts. If you can get a conversation steered in the directio … more →

Tags: Life, Demonja, Kurt Vonnegut, transformers

mixtape: april reading

thedoormouse wrote 7 months ago: So here’s what I recently completed as my April reading list. Surprisingly, all three books I … more →

Tags: Entertainment, mixtape, Fiction, sarcasm, book, Reading, Kurt Vonnegut, welcome to the monkey house, the Euphio Question

Political Correctness

Victoria Rose wrote 7 months ago: Political correctness. At first blush, it seems like an okay sort of idea. Most people will agree th … more →

Tags: sarcasm, Political Correctness, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, swine flu, Offensive Words

I was wrong2 comments

absurdbeats wrote 7 months ago: I found the Harrison Bergeron story—by Vonnegut (of course!). And it was about an egalitarian … more →

Tags: Musing, Kurt Vonnegut, Marbles

The planners get embarassed when the plans go wrong2 comments

absurdbeats wrote 7 months ago: Do you remember the story ‘Harrison Bergeron’? A dystopian bit on an egalitarian future … more →

Tags: Musing, Life, Rod Dreher, possibility, Planning, uncertainty, Unpredictability, shit happens

Harrison Bergeron - 2081

smcdoyle wrote 7 months ago: Last weekend I finally got round to watching The Man From Earth, on Sam Stokes’ recommendation … more →

Tags: Art, film, Kurt Vonnegut, , The Man from Earth, low budget films, Moving Picture Institute, sundance, chandler tuttle

Utopia or dystopia? Lois Lowry's The Giver

jeffkellylowenstein3 wrote 8 months ago: Lois Lowry paints a deceptively harmonious picture of the future in The Giver.     Imagine a world i … more →

Tags: Current Books, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Elsewhere, Facing History and Ourselves, gabe, Jonas, Kurt Vonnegut, Lois Lowry

Harrison Bergeron

handicappergeneral wrote 8 months ago: HARRISON BERGERON by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They wer … more →

Tags: kurt vonnegut jr

A So-So Clip of Harrison Bergeron

handicappergeneral wrote 8 months ago: … more →

Tags: Vonnegut, welcome to the monkey house

Awesome trailer: 2081

liberalitas wrote 10 months ago: Based on the short story Harrison Bergeron by celebrated author Kurt Vonnegut, 2081 depicts a dystop … more →

Tags: Around the World, , democracy, film, Freedom, Kurt Vonnegut, MPI, trailer

12.15.2008 - Day 6,945 of my existence2 comments

Jenny wrote 11 months ago: Do you ever wonder what it would be like to simply not be? To be snuffed out in a single swipe? To e … more →

Tags: God, universe, Existence

I am Accomplished (Today)

zackapalooza wrote 1 year ago: So, today I actually did my Murder Mystery for Government. Of course, this was due Friday, and I am … more →

Tags: Drama, Government, School, Acting, contest, murder, Play, Short Story, Stage

An Old Man Looks Back On The Obama Administration1 comment

Huston wrote 1 year ago: “Grandpa, tell me again about the Hard Times.” “Oh, Jimmy, I love telling you stor … more →

Tags: politics and society, Cultural criticism, Barack Obama, Socialism, Founding Fathers, constitution, Satire, 1984, Brave New World

Harrison Bergeron Doesn't Get Migraines2 comments

SavvyChristine wrote 1 year ago: I had a migraine today.  It was about a 6 on a scale of 1 to 10; not the worst ever, but still agoni … more →

Tags: migraines, migraine, Vonnegut

Reteaching

thehurt wrote 1 year ago: It’s always a tough day when I have 5 classes worth of papers to grade, only to find out 1/5 o … more →

Tags: Teaching, Reading, Theme, curriculum, reteaching, Assessment

An Egalitarian Dream

Brian wrote 1 year ago: Check out this adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron.”  This is the wor … more →

Tags: Politics, media, Education, Society, Movies, Kurt Vonnegut, Political Correctness, cultural communism, egalitarianism


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