"Harrison Bergeron"
Word which means a fight or struggle against something.
What is 'conflict'?
Type of conflict involving a person and a non-human outside force.
What is person versus nature?
The type of plant grown by the protagonist of the story.
What are roses?
He wrote "Robot Dreams" and inspired the film "I, Robot"
Who was Isaac Asimov?
This term refers to the action in the story
What is the plot?
George Bergeron wears this handicap to prevent him from thinking clearly.
What is an earpiece?
The story is set in this northern Canadian territory.
What is the Yukon?
Miss Strangeworth comments that the town should have really been named after this person.
Who was her grandfather?
This robot, played by Alan Tudyk, becomes an important part of the film, "I, Robot"
Who is Sonny?
This term refers to the way the story is meant to make you feel while you are reading it.
What is mood?
This character is one of the only people we see throughout the story without handicaps.
The dog travelling with the man is this type of dog breed.
What is a Siberian husky?
Miss Strangeworth decides to write her "letters" using this writing instrument.
What is a dull pencil?
This 1999 Disney Channel film is inspired by the work of Ray Bradbury.
What is "Smart House"?
This type of conflict occurs between a person and the community of people around them.
What is person versus society?
This 2012 short film was inspired by the story "Harrison Bergeron"
What is "2081"?
The man fears these types of "traps" as he walks through the wilderness.
What are ice traps?
Characters comment that many people have mistaken Miss Strangeworth's house for this other type of building.
What is a museum?
While this story was written in 1950, it was set nearly 76 years into the future, in the year 2026.
What is "There Will Come Soft Rains"?
This type of writing contains very little narration and a lot of dialogue.
What is a play?
Harrison refers to himself and the dancer with these titles.
What are Emperor and Empress?
The man comments at the beginning of the story that the temperature is this many degrees below zero.
What is 70 degrees below zero?
The story is told through this type of narration.
What is third person limited narration?
This real world event led Ray Bradbury and other writers in the 1950's and 60's to warn against the dangers of technology.
What is the creation of the atomic bomb?
This term refers to the moral or message the story is trying to convey to the reader.
What is the theme?