Fall from University Grace

Superchick- Cross The Line

Follow the leader, stay in the lines

What will people think of what you've done this time?

Go with the crowd, surely somebody knows

Why we're all wearing the emperor's clothes

Play it safe, play by the rules

Or don't play at all - what if you lose?

That's not the secret, but I know what is:

Everybody dies but not everyone lives

I'm gonna ride like I've got the cops on my tail

I'm gonna live my life like I'm out on bail

I'm gonna be out front, gonna blaze a trail

I'm gonna cross that line

Everybody freeze - don't step over the line

Don't stand up, they'll shoot down the first one who tries

Try to change the world, they'll think you're out of your mind

Revolutions start when someone crosses the line

They want us to lie down, give into the lie

Nothing has to change, and no one has to die

That's not the secret, but I know what is:

Everybody dies, but not everyone lives

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"I'm gonna be out front, gonna blaze a trail"

Harrison Bergeron

 In the text "Harrison Bergeron" written by Kurt Vonnegut, one of the main themes portrayed is staying true to who you are. In the story, the writer criticizes total equality. In doing this, there is a loss of individual identity and sense of achievement.  In the story, citizens were forced to disfigure their appearance, carry weights, and wear mental handicaps  if it exceeded what had been decided as average.  In doing so, the United States Handicapper General completely controls the individual. We can see this mainly from George Bergeron and his family. His wife, Hazel Bergeron, is of “perfectly average intelligence, which meant that she couldn’t think about anything except in short bursts. And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had to wear a little mental handicap radio in this ear”. While the couple was watching the television, George started thinking about how the ballerinas he was watching shouldn’t have to be handicapped, and a loud noise stooped him from continuing to think. We see how much this has affected his personality when Hazel makes a comment that if she was  Handicapper General she would make a good Handicapper General  which with George tells her that she would be as good as anyone else. The lyrics from ' Superchick- Cross the Line' relate to the text's theme.. The main line that made me chose the lyrics are:

Everybody freeze - don't step over the line
Don't stand up, they'll shoot down the first one who tries

When Harrison Bergeron decided that he should overthrow the government, Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General shot him as he was defying there standards of normal. The entire song seems like Harrison’s thoughts previous to his entrance in the dance studio.

George Bergeron, fully handicapped.

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Welcome to my little corner of the Internet. This purpose of this blog is to analyze different types of media with each of the short story's we have read. To show my understanding, I will compare the themes of the short story's with other forms of media. For example, if the short story we had read had the theme of happiness, then I could copy the lyrics of "If Your Happy and Your Know It". This would show that I understand the theme of the story and could relate it with the outside world. Another purpose of this blog is for me to get a decent nice mark on this assignment.