![]() For example, Vonnegut says:“It was then that Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun. In the Handicap General’s mind, Harrison is singled out as a threat and treated with brutal handicap, rather than what they’ve issued to everyone else. Harrison is a symbol who represents the spark of defiance and individuality that still exists in some Americans. ![]() In the story, the central theme is equality as Harrison is shown as a symbol for individuality, the tone shift expressing the dysfunctional government, and how the short story is an allusion of a perfect society. In “Harrison Bergeron,” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., the author tells a story about the government forcing equality on citizens by the use of handicaps in doing so they hold everyone back from their fullest potential. ![]()
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