Tuesday, September 17, 2013

HB QUESTIONS

Skills: Drawing Conclusions & Characterization

Directions: 1. Sign in to your Gmail, then go into Blogger 2. Create a Page and title it Harrison Bergeron Questions 3. Answer these questions using 2-3 complete sentences each. You may skip 1 question.

1. Reread lines 1-17 on pg. 38 list 3 details about their society. What is your opinion of their society?
3 Things about there society are there Slow,Conrolled,Boring.

2. In what ways are George and Hazel more like robots than humans? Why do you think this is?
The reason why they act like robots because 
George has all these weights on him and cant really move and dosen't have average smarts.Hazel acts like a robot because she will forget what is going on in a minute.

3. How would you describe the government in 2081 according to this story? Provide an example from the text.
The world in 2081 is trying to make everyone the same in the text states.Putting weights on people that move faster than others,Putting earphones on people ears so they can loose concentration and or so they cant think a certain period of time.

4.  What does it tell you about the world that Harrison lives in if his mother has "average" intelligence and that means she cannot remember anything or think too long about anything?
The world is dum no one to learning anything.

5. How does the ballerina change from the beginning to the end of the story? How do you know? (a. the author tells you  b. her actions  c. what other characters say about her?(B) Because she gets up takes off her weights after harrison says who wants to be my emperors.

6. What does the fact that Harrison is able to influence people tell you about how he is a threat to the government?
Hes a threat because hes a genius and smarter than everybody.

7. Why does the government want everyone to wear handicaps?
So no one can be faster smarter stronger than any one else.

8. How would you describe George and Hazel's reaction to their son's death? Why is their reaction like this?
There reaction is like this because thats there son and what he has everyone realizing whats going on.

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