Question

unit 1 - power and freedom
evidence log
essential question: what is the relationship between power and freedom?

text title	questions	your insights/analysis	textual evidence (with page numbers) this should be a quote!
	2. what does it mean to be powerful? or not?	being powerful for hines meant using photography to expose social ills and drive change	\labourers, including children, worked six days per week!\
harrison bergeron	1. are people obligated to protect their freedom? other people’s freedom?	(blank)	(blank with

o\?) |

2. is equality always ideal?

(blank)

(blank)

Explanation:

To complete the evidence log for "Harrison Bergeron", we analyze the questions and find relevant textual evidence:

For the first question: "Are people obligated to protect their freedom? Other people’s freedom?"

• Insight/Analysis: In "Harrison Bergeron", the society enforces equality through handicaps, suppressing freedom. Characters like Harrison rebel to protect individual freedom, suggesting people are obligated to protect freedom (their own and others') against oppressive systems.
• Textual Evidence: "Harrison tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper, tore straps guaranteed to support five thousand pounds." (This shows Harrison’s attempt to free himself and, by extension, challenge the system that restricts others’ freedom too.)

For the second question: "Is equality always ideal?"

• Insight/Analysis: The story presents a dystopian view of enforced equality (via handicaps) that eliminates individuality and freedom. This shows that equality, when imposed to the point of suppressing human potential, is not ideal. True equality should coexist with freedom.
• Textual Evidence: "The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal... They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way." (This quote sets up the oppressive "equality" that the story critiques, showing it’s not ideal as it strips people of their uniqueness and freedom.)

If we were to fill the table (using the second question as an example):

Text title	Questions	Your insights/analysis	Textual evidence (with page numbers)

(Note: Page numbers vary by edition; include the relevant page for your version of the text.)

Answer:

To complete the evidence log for "Harrison Bergeron", we analyze the questions and find relevant textual evidence:

For the first question: "Are people obligated to protect their freedom? Other people’s freedom?"

• Insight/Analysis: In "Harrison Bergeron", the society enforces equality through handicaps, suppressing freedom. Characters like Harrison rebel to protect individual freedom, suggesting people are obligated to protect freedom (their own and others') against oppressive systems.
• Textual Evidence: "Harrison tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper, tore straps guaranteed to support five thousand pounds." (This shows Harrison’s attempt to free himself and, by extension, challenge the system that restricts others’ freedom too.)

For the second question: "Is equality always ideal?"

• Insight/Analysis: The story presents a dystopian view of enforced equality (via handicaps) that eliminates individuality and freedom. This shows that equality, when imposed to the point of suppressing human potential, is not ideal. True equality should coexist with freedom.
• Textual Evidence: "The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal... They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way." (This quote sets up the oppressive "equality" that the story critiques, showing it’s not ideal as it strips people of their uniqueness and freedom.)

If we were to fill the table (using the second question as an example):

Text title	Questions	Your insights/analysis	Textual evidence (with page numbers)

(Note: Page numbers vary by edition; include the relevant page for your version of the text.)