Imagine living in the year 2081 and the whole country is perfect, nobody is better than anyone else. All of this equality is due to the 211th , 212th and 213th. Amendents. In this short story Harrison Bergeron was a rebel against the perfect government, in an extreamly futuristic irony.
This short story takes place in 2081. It starts out with Hazel and George, both who kids living in the year 2081 and they are both handicapped. Although they are not parapalegics in the way we think of handicapped people. They are handicapped because they are smarter than everyone and because of this they have to were ear pieces. These ear pieces prevent them from concentrating for too long and to knock off their train of thought. Now Harrison Bergeron is a very talented man and to keep him from being better than anyone else he is inprisoned and is forced to wear a body suit that prevents him from showing his talents.
Next, these handicaps don’t prevent Harrison from rebelling against the government and turning this short story in to an irony. First off, this short story starts off with the world in chaos because nobody is different from one another had to be handicapped of that special talent. Secondly the main character struggles for sanity and in this case Harrison being very handicapped is struggling for sanity. Lastly this short story ends in the rebellion of Harrison breaking out of jail and later getting shot down in front of live news.
In conclusion this short story and irony teaches us that nobody should be just like anyone else and we each are our own and that is how the world should be.
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