In society today every person has superficial expectations placed upon him or her. Power, appearance and wealth are the factors that contribute to acceptance. In the story, "The Very Old Man With Enormous Wings," the old man is an angel, but the people in the town do not accept him because he is not glowing and heavenly. People come from all over and abruptly judge the angel on looks alone without ever speaking to him. The people see only his age and the condition of his feathers, disregarding his inner qualities.

Wealth and power in our society are expected to be accepted. Wealth, whether it is self made or inherited, gives the person a certain aura that he or she is now superior to all those who do not have as much money as he or she. People with wealth usually have power of some kind

Forceful conformity is an aspect of equality that everyone experiences. Everyone is forced to conform to the norm of everyday life, either by peer pressure, materialistic items or appearance. Peer pressure is the most forceful way of making a person conform. Peer pressure starts in primary school. When one child is involved in something and does not want to be alone, he or she will attempt to lure another child in to participate with them.

also. Whether it is being CEO of a big corporation or someone who runs his or her own successful small business, they still have the notion that they are powerful. In the story, "Harrison Bergeron," the son escapes to help stop the equalization of the individuals in his community and the Handicapper General kills him. The Handicapper General is powerful and will not receive penalization for her actions. She has the assumption that she has made the people of her society what they are, so she can do to them as she pleases. In society, people who have wealth and power deem that if one is not wealthy and powerful they do not have the same status as he or she does, this is superficial in the sense that people are being judged on the amount of money and power they have. Nothing else seems to matter.

In "Harrison Bergeron," all inhabitants of the society were violated in the way that they were made as equal as possible. The prettier a person was the more repulsive a mask they had to wear to make them average-looking and vice versa. In addition, the more intelligent a person was, the louder and more frequent was the ringing in his

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