social consensus in kurt vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” and Kij Johnson’s “Ponies”,
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August 7, 2017Compare and contract the treatment of rhetoric in the political thought of plato and Aristotle
August 7, 2017social consensus in kurt vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” and Kij Johnson’s “Ponies”,
For this assignment, you’ll write three green juice paragraphs analyzing the theme of social consensus in kurt vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” and Kij Johnson’s “Ponies”, plus make sure to add an introduction and a conclusion.
Green juice paragraphs MUST consits of the first sentence being a topic sentence, the second sentence should be a quote from the reading and the rest of the sentences should add support and analyze.
Paragraph 1: How do those in power achieve social consensus in “Harrison Bergeron”? Why does Hazel and George continue watching television in the face of their son’s kidnapping and murder, rather than advocating for their son?
paragraph 2: How do those power achieve social consensus in “Ponies”? Why does Barbra ultimately agree to sunny’s mutilation?
Paragraph 3: How are the tactics used to achieve social consensus in each story similar? How are they different? which tactics do you find more horrifying?
Green juice paragraph checklist:
topic sentence (1st sentence): Does it answer the question? Does it provide an original insight?
Quotation (2nd sentence) Does it directly support the topic sentence?
Analysis: Is there a clear explanation of how the quotation supports the topic sentence?
