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This 3 page paper discusses some of the sociolegal issues raised by Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the issues it raises with regard to the law. Discussion The story has almost no plot, but is instead a sort of snapshot of a futuristic society in which the
behavior of the population is ruthlessly controlled. The plot, such as it is, is this: the year is 2081 and everyone is equal, but not merely equal under law, equal
in every possible way (Vonnegut, 1961). "Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking ... Nobody was stronger or quicker" (Vonnegut, 1961). This equality was mandated by various
Constitutional Amendments (the 211th, 212th and 213th to be exact-there are only 27 today, so Congress has been busy in Vonneguts story) and the equality was enforced by the agents
of something called the "United States Handicapper General" (Vonnegut, 1961). The mission of the Handicapper is to handicap American citizens so they are so distracted by these handicaps they cannot
focus on whats happening to and around them. Harrison shows signs of abnormality (meaning hes stronger and smarter than other children) and hes taken from his home at age
14 (Vonnegut, 1961). His parents realized that something was wrong, but as Hazel was of average intelligence, she could only thing in "short bursts" (Vonnegut, 1961). George, her husband, was
brilliant and as such represented a threat to the status quo and so he was forced to wear a "little metal handicap radio in his ear" (Vonnegut, 1961). Approximately every
20 seconds, the radio would send out a "sharp noise" to keep George from thinking (Vonnegut, 1961). On one particularly stressful occasion, when he was thinking about his son, George
suffered through a twenty-one gun salute that nearly knocked him over (Vonnegut, 1961). George and Hazel see Harrison on TV; hes grown up, hes taller than most and very strong;
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