Lesson 7
Harrison Bergeron & The Hunger Games-- Dystopian and Utopian Societies
Comprehension Quiz- # 1
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Name 3 qualities of a Utopian Society.
Comprehension Quiz- #2
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Name 3 qualities of a Dystopian Society.
Comprehension Quiz- #3
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What is the significance of Katniss’s
personal training session with The Games
Keepers?
Comprehension Quiz- #4
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What is the significance of Peeta wanting to
train alone on their last training session
with Haymitch?
Comprehension Quiz- #5
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Boys: If you were Peeta-- How would you feel after getting the scores
back knowing Katniss scored higher than you? Why would you feel
this way?
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Girls: If you were Katniss-- What would your emotions be scoring
higher than Peeta? Why would you feel this way?
About The Author: Kurt Vonnegut
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Born November 11, 1922-- Indianapolis, Indiana
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Died April 11, 2007
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Known mostly for his story “Slaughterhouse Five”-- based on his
experiences in WWII
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Considered one of the most influential American Novelists in the 20th
century
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Blended literature with science fiction & humor, and the absurd with
pointed social commentary
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Created his own unique world and characters in all of his novels and
short stories
About The Author: Kurt Vonnegut
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Enlisted in the U.S Army
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Fought in the Battle of the Bulge & was captured as a Prisoner of War
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Escaped with other Prisoners of War and returned to the U.S to marry
his High School sweetheart!
Story Elements: Antagonist
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A person who opposes or competes with the main character.
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Usually the bad guy
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Question: Who would be the antagonist in The Hunger Games?
Story Elements: Character
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A person or being in the story
Story Elements: Conflict
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Opposing elements or characters in a plot
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Question: What’s the conflict in The Hunger Games?
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Question: Name a conflict you have encountered in your life.
Story Elements: Conflict:
Person vs. Person
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A character has a problem with one ore more of the other characters
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Question: Where do we see this type of conflict in The Hunger
Games?
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Question: Where have you experienced a Person vs. Person
conflict?
Story Elements: Conflict:
Person vs. Society
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A character has a problem with a form of society: The school, and
accepted way of doing things, the law etc.
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Question: Where do we see this type of conflict in The Hunger
Games?
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What type of experience have you had with this type of conflict?
Story Elements: Conflict:
Person vs. Self
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A character has a problem determining what to do in a situation
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Question: Where / who has this conflict in The Hunger Games?
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Question: Name a conflict that you have had like this.
Story Elements: Conflict:
Person vs. Nature
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A character has a problem with nature: natural disasters, extreme
heat, freezing temperatures.
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Question: Where do we see this conflict in The Hunger Games?
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Question: Where have you experienced this type of conflict?
Story Elements: Conflict:
Person vs. Fate (God)
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A character has to battle what appears to be an uncontrollable
problem that is attributed by fate or God.
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Question: Where do we see this conflict in The Hunger Games?
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Question: Where have you experienced this type of conflict?
Story Elements: Denouement
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The outcome or resolution of a plot in a story.
Story Elements: Plot
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The structure of a work of literature; the sequence of events
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Question: Name an aspect of the plot in The Hunger Games.
Story Elements: Plot:
Exposition
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The introduction of the story
Story Elements: Plot:
Rising Action
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Reveals complications/ conflict in the story
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Question: Where do you think the rising action starts in The Hunger
Games?
Story Elements: Plot:
Climax
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The turning point in the story
Story Elements: Plot:
Falling Action
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Results of the climax
Story Elements: Plot:
Resolution
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Reveals the final outcome of the conflicts in the story
Story Elements: Protagonist
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The main character or hero of a written work
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Question: Name our protagonist ( there can be more than one)
Story Elements: Setting
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The time and place in which the story occurs
SQ3R: Reading Strategy
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We are going to be using this reading strategy throughout the year as
well as while we read Harrison Bergeron and The Hunger Games!
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Fill out the following note taking handout as we go through it together
as a class!
S: SQ3R
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Survey:
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Student previews the short story/chapter to look at the organization
of the information
Q: SQ3R
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Question:
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Student examines the chapter headings and sub-headings and
replaces them with questions
3: SQ3R
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The 3 R’s
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Read
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Recite
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Review
R: SQ3R
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Read:
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Recite:
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The student reads one section of the chapter at a time selectively,
primarily to answer the questions
The student answers each question in his or her own words and
writes the answers in their notes (This is repeated for every
section)
Review:
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The student immediately reviews what has been learned.
Talking To The Text Reading
Strategy:
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This is another key reading strategy that we will be using while
reading Harrison Bergeron as well as The Hunger Games
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While reading you will be asking and answering questions you may
have while reading.
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Look at the hand-out for some useful questions to use while reading!
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A question I have is...
Talking To The Text Reading
Does this make sense?
Strategy:
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I agree/disagree with....
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Something important is...
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Aha! Now I see....
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What does this word mean?
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It reminds me of....
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I predict.....
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I can visualize....
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The big picture is...
Introduction to Harrison Bergeron
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This story is fictional (meaning it’s not real)
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It was written in a future society based off of 2081
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Everyone is meant to be the same/equal
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Everyone is made equal by the government
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People are called “handicapped” and are meant to average
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Harrison challenges this system
Brainstorm Questions about
Harrison Bergeron:
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What would the world be like if everyone were the same---average in
intelligence, talents, appearance, and strength-- and no one was
better than everyone else?
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How do you think people would feel and act towards one another?
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Would people be happy and satisfied being equal and all the same?
Brainstorm Questions about
Harrison Bergeron
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Name the advantages of everyone being the same--exactly average.
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Name the disadvantage of everyone one being the same--exactly
average.
Drawing Conclusions with
Harrison Bergeron
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Drawing Conclusions:
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Making judgements based on the story details and previous
experiences in your own life
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Fill out the following worksheet:
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Details about society: what’s happening in the story
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“My Reactions” your reactions to the story
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Take note to the results from the society’s practices and law
Apply your own knowledge to figure out why societies
officials act the way they do.
Vocabulary Study for Harrison
Bergeron
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Vigilance:
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alert attention, watchfulness
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Sentence: The teacher exercised vigilance as the students
crossed the street
Vocabulary Study for Harrison
Bergeron
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Wince:
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to shrink or flinch involuntarily, especially in pain
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Sentence: most people wince when getting a shot
Vocabulary Study for Harrison
Bergeron
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Consternation:
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confused amazement or fear
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Sentence: The thought of the ordeal filled her with consternation.
Vocabulary Study for Harrison
Bergeron
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Cower:
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to crouch down in fear
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Sentence: The girl cowered in the corner.
Vocabulary Study for Harrison
Bergeron
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Synchronize:
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to match the timing of
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Sentence: Let’s synchronize our watches
Vocabulary Study for Harrison
Bergeron
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Neutralize:
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to counteract or cancel the effect of
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Sentence: Preventive measures helped neutralize the impact of
the storm
Harrison Bergeron Interactive
Reading Questions:
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Vocabulary: Vigilance
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What is the purpose of the Handicapper General agents vigilance?
Harrison Bergeron Interactive
Reading Questions:
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Draw Conclusions:
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Add this to your drawing conclusions chart:
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Write your opinion of the society
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Reread lines 1-22 underline details that describe society in
2081
Harrison Bergeron Interactive
Reading Questions:
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Vocabulary: Wince:
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Why did two of the ballerina’s wince at the same time as George?
Harrison Bergeron Interactive
Reading Questions:
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Draw Conclusions:
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Reread lines 29-49
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Circle words and phrases that how how the society affect the
thoughts and reactions of the people
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What can you conclude about the different ways in which
people are affected by the society?
Harrison Bergeron Interactive
Reading Questions:
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Plot and Conflict:
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George’s thoughts in lines 61-63 reveal more about the conflict
between Harrison and the society
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On the basis of what you’ve read so far, what behavior might be
viewed as abnormal or illegal
Harrison Bergeron Interactive
Reading Questions:
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Draw Conclusions:
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Reread lines 76-90
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Underline George’s reasons for not lightening his handicap bag
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What are his beliefs about the society?
Harrison Bergeron Interactive
Reading Questions:
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Pause and Reflect:
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Notice the difficulties Hazel and George experience in simply trying
to have a conversation
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What point does this help reinforce about the society?
Harrison Bergeron Interactive
Reading Questions:
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Draw Conclusions:
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Circle words and phrases in lines 99-112 that tell you more about
the society
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How do the rules of the society affect peoples job performance?
Harrison Bergeron Interactive
Reading Questions:
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Plot and Conflict:
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The rising action begins in lines 117-121
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What do you learn about the conflict between Harrison and the
society?
Harrison Bergeron Interactive
Reading Questions:
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Plot and Conflict:
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Reread lines 161-177
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Circle statements that reveal how Harrison views himself in
relation to other people
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How do his views put him in conflict with the government?
Harrison Bergeron Interactive
Reading Questions:
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Pause and Reflect:
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The ballerina and the musician risk punishment by cooperating with
Harrison
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Why would they take such a risk?
Harrison Bergeron Interactive
Reading Questions:
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Draw Conclusions:
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Underline words and phrases in lines 200-213 that indicate how the
narrator views this rebellion against the laws
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The describe this view in your own words
Harrison Bergeron Interactive
Reading Questions:
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Plot and Conflict:
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Reread lines 214-221
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How is the conflict resolved?
Harrison Bergeron Interactive
Reading Questions:
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Pause and Reflect:
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How do George and Hazel react to their sons death?
Relate Harrison Bergeron To Self
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Would you be happier if no one were better (or worse) than anyone
else? Why?
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Where do we see this type of behavior in our society?
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How would this affect us if it was our society?
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Positive why?
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Negative why?
Relate Harrison Bergeron to The
Hunger Games
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What can we see that’s the same so far between The Hunger Games
and Harrison Bergeron? Why?
What’s different between Harrison Bergeron and The Hunger Games?
Why?
What characters in Harrison Bergeron and The Hunger Games seem
similar?
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Yet how do they differ?
Utopian& Dystopian Society
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Would we qualify Harrison Bergeron to be Dystopian? Why or Why
not?
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Would we qualify Harrison Bergeron to be Utopian? Why or Why not?
Homework: Journal Entry
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Use either “Talking to The Text” or “SQ3R” while reading for
homework tonight. Post notes in Journal Entry
Homework: Reading
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Read chapters 11-13