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In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” a couple named George and Hazel have a son named Harrison bergeron who is 14, and was taken away from his parents by the government. Harrison then went on to a television station and declared himself as emperor. Then he took off his handicaps and a girl to walk up to him and declare herself as empress. Then Harrison ordered the musician to play music and him and his empress danced. But then the Handicapper general came in and shot both of them. In the story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Harrison decides to declare himself emperor because he wants people to stop wearing handicaps, He thinks he is superior to everyone else ,and He wanted to influence people to take off their handicap as well.
One of the reason that Harrison might have declared himself as emperor was because Harrison wants their to be no more handicaps and for people to stop wearing …show more content…
Harrison wants people to stop wearing handicaps the reader can tell this because almost as soon as he gets into the TV station he takes off his handicaps, Harrison also takes off his Empress’ handicaps, and at some point the musicians handicaps came off as well. Another reason is that Harrison believed he was superior to everyone else, the reader could think this because he forces the musicians to play, He took off his handicaps caps in an almost show off type way, and he ordered people around. The last possible reason why Harrison wanted to be emperor is that He wanted to influence people to take off their handicaps the reader may think this because he went to a television station to do this, he took off people's handicaps on TV, and that it could have possibly worked because the text never says that Harrison took off the musicians handicaps.Harrison possibly wanted to be emperor so he could be superior and to get rid of
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