During World War II, Adolf Hitler described the Jewish people as “vermin” or “rats,” dehumanizing them. Likewise, the inhabitants of Brave New World and “Harrison Bergeron” also live in a degraded state. The control of society by technology causes the citizens of Brave New World and “Harrison Bergeron” to live dehumanized lives. Oxymorons, which are contradictory terms combined, are used in both stories and help explain how technology dehumanizes people. The inventions and advancements of stories as well as the censorship used in story society also show this. The use of oxymorons shows the dehumanization of people in relation to technology. First, the most civilized person living in society is actually called a savage. In Brave New World, John, from a wilderness reservation (he was born to a mother) is the most civilized person in society due to his knowledge of the past (acquired through books). He is the only ordinary citizen to have acquired this type of knowledge because he lived on a wilderness reservation where books were not censored. However, John is still called "The Savage" or "Mr. Savage" in this civilized society. By giving John names like this, it shows that he is not considered human by the rest of the people living in society. Instead, people treat and view John as a savage or an animal. Then, when the most perfect people in a society are locked up, disabled, or killed, it's another oxymoron of how technology dehumanizes people. In "Harrison Bergeron", Harrison Bergeron, unlike most others, is an almost perfect human, strong, handsome, intelligent, agile and graceful. However, like many others with these qualities, he is handicapped to work... middle of paper ... Bergeron," people are given handicaps to make them all equally stupid, ugly, slow and etc. By making everything the world the same, all individual uniqueness is erased, which also leads to the depravity of human traits. All humans are special in their own way, which is one of the differences between humans and animals. By losing this trait, humans. become basically identical to animals As a result, government censorship of things is another way that technology dehumanizes people. Oxymorons, advancements and inventions, and censorship are all things that come up in stories. Brave New World and “Harrison Bergeron” These things also explain the common theme of both stories so the technology used to control societies also dehumanizes people in both stories. In some way, these two described societies also resemble our own world..