Surveillance in Foucault's Panopticism and Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron

Foucault's panoramic surveillance and Vonegut's Harrison Bergeron's surveillance have felt someone looking at you once. You know that you are the only person in the room, but for some reason you feel a creepy feeling, you are not alone. I may not be able to meet anyone, but the eyes of strangers may look at you. Foucault's "panorama", a new paradigm paradigm, surveillance. Because they are afraid to be monitored, no one should dare to violate the law.

In Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron", Kurt Vonnegut depicts a society in which everyone is equal in spirit, body and society. Among the history of our country, Americans have sought racial, gender, socio-economic equality. Society on paper like this seems to be ideal. Through this story, one can guess that Voneget believes that the concept of perfect equality is absurd. Equality can be explained in many ways

It is easy to see that Harrison Bergeron has done powerful political and social criticism. But what is Vonnegut criticizing? The general view of Vonnegut's satire at Harrison Bergeron shows that this irony is for the Soviet Union. This view comes from historical background (Harrison Bergeron was published when anti-Communist party advertisement was in the United States during the Cold War era). In the 1960s, the United States came into contact with Russia during the Cold War and recently struggled in the McCarthy era when Communists were accused by art, literature, and political community and on the blacklist. In the future American society, Harrison Bergeron should act on the principle of communism, support the equal distribution of wealth and power, and should not have a class hierarchy.

"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is a satirical short story. It was the Utopopia of the United States of America in 2081, and "everyone is finally equal, (Vonnegut 1)." There are normal people with disabilities who assign obstacles to those who think they are too strong to keep them all equal. Obstacles are like weights and devices that emit gunlike sounds through the emitter to divert the attention of the wearer. Harrison is smart, handsome and strong. As a result, his obstacles have become widespread and marginal.