Comparison Of Harrison Hargeron And By The Waters Of Babylon

Harrison Bergeron vs By the Waters of Babylon Have you ever thought about what kind of technology we will have in the future? Or have you thought about how technology will affect us in the future? In the story â€Å"Harrison Bergeron† by Kurt Vonnegut and the story â€Å"By the Waters of Babylon† by Stephen Vincent Benet both the futures with technology look pretty awful. In â€Å"Harrison Bergeron† anyone with special gifts or talents are forced to wear a handicap to make them like everyone else in society. In â€Å"By the Waters of Babylon† tells a story about how our technology is so advanced that if we went to war we would destroy everything we have and we would have to basically restart. In both books our technology in the future is way too strong and†¦show more content†¦He has these visions of the sky being lit up from bombs and explosives dropping down on New York City, pummeling it to the ground. The city was destroyed by fires from the skies of weapons of unbelievable horror and poi sonous mist that chewed up everything it touched. Both stories have serious warnings about what could happen to us in the future. In â€Å"By the Waters of Babylon† the warning is if we are not careful with the technology we have, we could destroy the entire planet and we would have to restart. The import warning from â€Å"Harrison Bergeron† is that if we had handicaps on how talented people could be, we would all just be average. This is a very important message, if everyone was the same we would be way behind with technology and basically everything else we have today. Both messages from the stories are similar in the sense of technology is every dangerous and in the future it will just become more and more advanced. If I had to pick which world to live in I would live in the world of â€Å"Harrison Bergeron†. I would live in this world because I would rather be just like everyone else around me then be left out from other people because we were not alike. An other reason I would want to live in the world of â€Å"Harrison Bergeron† rather than in the world of â€Å"By the Waters of Babylon† is because the people in â€Å"Harrison Bergeron† actually get along and roll with the punches unlike the people in â€Å"By the Waters of Babylon†. In â€Å"By the