What Is Harrison Bergeron A Handicapped Society

In “Harrison Bergeron,” written by Kurt Vonnegut, it is the year 2081 and every American if completely equal due to new amendments to the Constitution. The Handicapper General mainly makes sure that these laws of equality are enforced in that if someone is “above average” in society, they will be handicapped in some way, shape or form. George and Hazel Bergeron have a son named Harrison and the government takes him away from his parents when he was just fourteen years old for the reason that he is “above average.” Eventually, Harrison escapes and pronounces himself Emperor and tells everyone, “I am the Emperor! Everybody must do what I say at once!” (220). Harrison knows that equality is wrong and tries his very best to show everyone a non-handicapped society. He is violent in doing so
Harrison tried to make the American people realize that it is their life and not the government’s place or job to put handicaps on such beautiful things that make up who they are. Handicaps just take away from what life is all about and Harrison does what he sees fit to overthrow the government. He shows the musicians and ballerinas that the government should not be run by a bunch of people who are not fit for the job. Harrison feels that it should be run by the people who are the best fit for the job and he believes he is the best option because he in intellectually smarter than everyone. Harrison fights the violence of the government with his own violence to give the American people one last chance to rise up and revolt against the government. Even though he fails, he comes so close to succeeding, but it does not matter because he was the last hope and without hope, life returned back to the same way showing that true equality is impossible to achieve because there will always be people who will revolt, disagree or fight for what they believe is