Equality In Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron

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There are many different types of equality in the story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. There are three main equalities that caught my eye. Those equalities are how they say everybody is equal, George having to have a mental handicap radio in his ear, and how Hazel has a perfectly average intelligence. Those are the three main things I am going to be writing about. Kurt expresses that “In the year of 2081, everybody was finally equal. They weren’t on equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else.” What I learned from this is that nobody is perfect. Everyone is exactly alike and it will…show more content…
He was required by law to wear it at all times. His ear piece was tuned to a government transmitter and every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like himself from taking unfair advantages of their brains. Just because George is a handicap and has to wear a handicap ear piece at all times doesn’t mean he is any different then all other people. He still looks just like other, has the strengths of other, and has the same abilities everyone else has. He just has problems with his hearing and that’s all and with his ear piece he hears just like everyone else. Hazel Bergeron has a perfectly average intelligence. This means she can’t think about anything except in short bursts. Her not being able to think about a lot of things at once doesn’t mean that she isn’t smart. It just means that it takes her a little longer to gather her thoughts together. She has the ability to do certain things still and is a very smart woman. If she wanted to she could be a genius just like any other person can be if they wanted to. Just because it takes her a little longer to gather her thoughts doesn’t mean she can’t do certain

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