In the pursuit of happiness
In the short story, “Harrison Bergeron”, author Kurt Vonnegut addresses equality and reveals that too much equality can be taken too far, and it will hurt the society. In the beginning, George who was smart, and was above average he was provided to wear a handicap, so that he can be the same as everyone and because he would not be able to affect the society, by being the smart one. People who were smart, and above average, had to be the same as everyone, and by doing that they were required to wear equipments, which also means that everyone is just the same since they were provided to wear them. George’s “intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear…show more content… Harrison Bergeron tries to convince the people about what is right and what is wrong; things like he is against on the strict equality, that everyone has to be the same. While Harrison tries to get everyone’s attention suddenly, “Diana Moon Glampers, the handicapper general came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun. She fired twice, and the emperor and the empress were dead before they hit the floor” (Vonnegut 78). After Harrison had announced that he is the new emperor, and how he announced that he wants everyone to be different so that everyone does not have to hide what they have. However, the government had full control over the people that didn’t have much power to even think about what they are doing, since the government may have been different from others, he can do anything to the people, and they would not be able to know what is going on. After all of this, equality can never be changed, everyone will be back to where they are. To conclude, in the short story “Harrison Bergeron” the author Kurt Vonnegut presented that it is fine that there is equality, however if we don't protect it well, it can be taken away since no one is respecting it. In order to keep what we get, we must treat equality correctly way before things start giving
