HARRISON BERGERON

by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Thesis Statement: Your thesis will make a statement about what you are examining and how it REVEALS MEANING in the literary work.

(The theme is the overall message of the story that the author wants the reader to know.)

Example: AUTHOR LAST NAME uses characterization and conflict to present the theme of…..

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. uses the elements of satire and irony to present the theme of the dangers of absolute equality in "Harrison Bergeron".