Equality In Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron

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In the short story “Harrison Bergeron,” by Kurt Vonnegut, the world is equal and everyone is handicapped in some way to create said equality. But one day, a man named Harrison Bergeron breaks free from his hindrances and plans to overthrow the government. Harrison is eventually killed and the world is restored to normality. Although he is only alive for roughly 125 words, Harrison still has some personality to him. To start off, Harrison is considered a handsome individual. In the story, Harrison is first described as clanking and clownish. This shows the handicaps are trying to make him unattractive. Harrison later breaks free from these barriers and shown as, “a man who would have awed Thor.” In typical Norse mythology, Thor is considered