Character Analysis: Harrison Bergeron

In the year 2081, everybody was finally equal. They weren’t equal before God and law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody had more money then anyone else. George Bergeron was a man who wore 47 pound weights around his neck and had a mental radio in his ear. Hazel Bergeron is the wife of George, she is “perfectly average intelligence”. Harrison Bergeron is the son of George and Hazel, he also wore the 47 pound weights around his neck just like George, he also to wear a big red clown nose and had a mental radio in his ear. People always made comments about Harrison. The government describes him as “a genius and an athlete”. Harrison is seven feet tall and burdened by 300 pounds of handicaps. George