Harrison Bergeron
Literary Analysis of Harrison Bergeron
Kurt Vonnegut's short story, Harrison Bergeron, is a fantastical extrapolation of the future. The essay serves as a stinging backlash to the saying "everyone is made equal." In Harrison Bergeron, a totalitarian government has enforced human imposed equality through the actions of the agents of the United States Handicapper General. This government induced equality has stripped humanity of individual thought, creative and intellectual spirit, and has actually lead society to believe it to be best for all.
The story is mainly told through the living room of George and Hazel Bergeron. "Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else." (p. 882) George possesses above average intelligence and therefore has a small transmitter radio in his ear which sends out frequent blasts of noise ranging from chimes to a twenty one gun salute. His wife Hazel has "perfectly normal intelligence" (p. 883) for......
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