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Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron

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The story “Harrison Bergeron” is about individualism and government power. It takes place in 2081 where the government has supreme control over every person in the nation. People are given “handicaps” and downgraded to be equal to one another. Harrison decides to take action and tries to change things for the better. Unfortunately, this is not what happened. There ended up being a terrible consequence that no one would ever wish upon a 14 year old boy. The short story “Harrison Bergeron,” written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., teaches its readers that to much equality is not good.

First of all, when Hazel is talking to George about getting rid of his handicaps for a little bit he says, “Two years in prison and two thousand dollars fine for

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