Harrison Bergeron: Satirical Analysis

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The movie series The Hunger Games, the show Black Mirror, and the short story “Harrison Bergeron” are all examples of social commentary and can be considered satirical pieces. These works share some similarities in the way that they portray society, and there are also many differences between them because of the social commentary that they are trying to get across.
The Hunger Games is a well known movie and book series. It focuses on a young woman named Katniss Everdeen, who lives in District 12 which is the poorest of all the districts in the nation of Panem. There are 12 districts, each district has its own level of wealth and their specific trade, District 1 is the most wealthy and District 12 is the poorest. Every person is born into a