1. Equality - It means being equal, for example in your job and
pay. To me, it means that… we are all humans so we should all
be equal - it doesn’t matter if you are black, white, asian or other
races, we’re all the same. I feel that a government should protect
equality anytime and anywhere because equality is the most
important focus in our society.
2.
Oppression - makes you feel
nervous
Consternation - something
that makes you feel surprised,
dangerous
Hindrance - something stops
you to go ahead
Synchronizing - at the same
time
Calibrated - double check
Cower - recoil
Luminous - keep shining
Vigilance - continuous
attention
Reading Questions
1. Everybody is equal. It’s not just equality of power - physical
conditions are also equal (for example, how smart or strong
people are). This is because of the amendments to the
constitution and U.S. Handicapper General.
2. Hazel is equal when she was born. She doesn’t need to
wear some mental handicap. George is smarter than
average. He feels some pain with his handicap. He doesn’t
like his handicap. Hazel would have chimes on Sunday in
honor of religion.
3. If you take two balls from the bag, there will be two years
and two thousand dollar fine for every ball. He doesn’t cheat
because if he tries to get away with it, then other people will
get away with it. He doesn’t like everybody competing
against everybody else, so he agrees with the law.
4. Harrison is in jail. He is a young lad, fourteen years old.
Harrison is 7 feet tall. He is strong and handsome and to
offset his good looks, the HG men made him look like a
monster.
5. The news bulletin wasn’t clear at first to the viewers because
they had a serious speech impediment like all announcers.
6. The ballerina apologizes about her voice because her voice
is nice like an angel (not average), so she must apologize to
the audience.
7. The news bulletin was about Harrison. He escaped from jail
because he tried to overthrow the government. They showed
his photograph.
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---------------------------------------------------------------------Recap: Everyone should be equal, even the characters: George,
Hazel and Harrison (handsome, smarter, stronger), so the HG
Men need him to wear a lot of ‘handicap’ like the metal scraps
and masks on face.
8. After they see Harrison and the ballerina dance, the people
think Harrison has the ability to change the world - he is the
Emperor and the reformer. The government is fear and will
be afraid if one day Harrison will change the world. They
lose their power.
9. It was unfortunate. I felt the loss of Harrison because he still
can’t change the world at last. I felt a little shocked because I
thought Harrison is the leading man in the story.
10.
Hazel and George feel incompetent for theirself. In the
story, they don’t know Harrison, their son. They don’t have
the power and they can’t save their son. They do nothing
because they are handicapped so they do nothing.
11.
In this story, the writer is targeting the government. The
government’s selfishness and conspiracy. They are afraid of
Harrison take away their power, they’re afraid of smarter
people in this world, they’re afraid of losing their power.
12.
The time is 2081. The social conditions are they are
equal in every which way in this society. The government
already control people with machine. The government
creates handicaps for the smart, strong people. The place is
United States - in George and Hazel’s home and in the
studio. The mood feels repressed or repressive because
there were many good things limited by law.
13.
The point of view is 3rd person. It is limited because in
the last few paragraphs, the reader even doesn’t know that
Harrison is George and Hazel’s son. We don’t really know
the thoughts and feelings in George and Hazel’s head.
14.
Without competition, there is no progress and hope, it
will be worse and depressing because the government
needs absolute equal. No matter how excellent or good the
ballerina is, she can’t show all her talents. People can’t enjoy
in these beautiful things, like Hazel and George.
Hazel and George lost hope and happiness in their lives
because of the handicapper.
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November 11 Thursday -- November 17 Wednesday
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