Harrison Bergeron

      Harrison Bergeron is about a family of three, whose son was taken to jail. Harrison Bergeron takes place in the future where everyone was "finally equal." Equal in this story means that everyone is the same. No one can be stronger or quicker than them. In the story, the husband, wife, and son acted oddly to me. The husband, George had his intelligence way above than normal. Therefore, he had a little mental handicap radio in his ears. This radio was tuned to a government transmitter. The transmitter would send out a noise to keep people like George to stay "steady." The noise would make any memory George had in his head forgotten. Another event that I had found odd to me was that the son, Harrison escaped from jail to "overthrow the government." Though in the end of Harrison's chaotic plan he failed in overthrowing the government and in-fact died from doing so.

     Harrison Bergeron oddly enough makes me realize a matter that we face in our society. Equality is a huge issue we still face in our society. The story teaches me that the word equality has much meaning to it. In Harrison Bergeron, equality meant that we are all the same, and those who were better than others were punished. In our world equality means we are all different but all have the same rights. In our world, no one is alike, which makes this planet a wonderful place. You aren't punished for being smarter, prettier, faster, or even worse. In this world, different people all have different qualities which make it a better place.