Harrison Bergeron and Satire Project
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- In 2081, everybody was completely equal, not only before Godand the law, but in intelligence and physical capabilities
- Hazel had aperfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn't think about anything except in shortbursts. And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicapradio in his ear.
- On the television screen were ballerinas. They were burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked.
- I shall now select my Empress! Let the first woman who dares rise to her feet claim her mate and her throne!
- Harrison placed his big hands on the girls tiny waist, letting her sense the weightlessness that would soon be hers. And then, in an explosion of joy and grace, into the air they sprang! Not only were the laws of the land abandoned, but the law of gravity and the laws of motion as well.
- n his story Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut points out that there would be significant adverse ffects if our mistaken ideas of freedom and equality were put into the hands of government and he also mentions what happens when citizens do nothing about it. He establishes this through the major characters of the story: Harrison, George, and Hazel Burgeron, the ballerinas, and the Handicapper General. The Burgerons and the ballerinas were used as symbols to ridicule the idea of total equality in society. Total equality would not only diminish human uniqueness, but it would diminish the mental and physical attributes of those who are blessed. The results of the enforcement of total equality, says Vonnegut, is a slow and foolish people and government authoritarianism.
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