Kurt Vonnegut's story of "Harrison Bergeron" shows what an ideal society would be like if there was no individualism. It is a story that takes place in the year 2081 where the people of society are forced to be equal through law, however it is the different characteristics of the people in society that give it depth and interest. If everything and everybody were forced to act and look the same, than the people in that society would have no need to improve or develop. This story represents an idea of what a perfect society may be like. There is no conflict, war, or poverty within it. Everybody is adapted to be the same and nobody is better or worse that anybody else. "Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else (1332)."
It was the job of the agents of the United States Handicapper General, and there leader Diana Moon Glampers, to enforce the laws of equality onto this society. The physically beautiful people had to wear ugly masks to cover their pretty faces a
Upon his arrest he proceeds to immediately escape and find relief at a local television station where he decides that its up to him to free society from the shackles that are placed upon everybody. "I am your Emperor," (1335) he cries in order to show the viewers at home that he can longer be trapped and held down by the government's ties. He then begins to illegally remove the handicaps that were placed upon him in a way to show power, and that he has no fear of what could happen to him by the Handicappers general. "...watch me become what I can become "(1335)
nd people stronger than others were forced to wear metal handicappers, so as to be equal. Additionally, the smarter members of society had to wear a little radio in one ear that was tuned to a government transmitter, which sent out various disturbing sounds, to keep them from thinking and taking advantage of their brains. One such character is Harrison Bergeron.
Harrison is a 14 year-old boy who, because of his size, looks and intellect, is arrested by the government. He was a 7-foot ta
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