Kurt Vonnegut, the author of “Harrison Bergeron”, depicts an
environment where every citizen has equal value and everyone is equally
intelligent. Hazel is the “normal” person in story and she is the example that shows
the base line of the inhabitants of America in the year 2081. On the other
hand, George is very smart man, but his thinking is disrupted due to government
regulations. Harrison Bergeron, their son, is also an intelligent man like
George, except he is out of control since he breaks the rules and begins to act
uncontrollably. Vonnegut is trying tell us that through his characters how
different types of people feel about a totalitarian government and their
reactions to that government.
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