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Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut

He used setting in a huge way to tell about how everything happened.
             While there are a few different characters in this story I would like to focus in on one main character Harrison Bergeron. Harrison is the perfect type of guy he is tall, smart, and athletic also he stands up for what he thinks he should which shows in this story, Harrison is a big problem to what the Handicapper General wants in her "Perfect" world. He was to wear the most weight and also had to have headphones on at all time because he is to perfect. His crime is a conspiracy to overthrow the government, according to the announcement. But we can see that his real "crime" is being a gifted individual. In his brief moments of freedom, he not only transcends the laws of the country but also "the law of gravity and the laws of motion." Unlike his father, he is unwilling to suffer the indignities of the H-G's handicaps. (Carl Mowery) "I am the Emperor! cried Harrison. do you hear? I am the Emperor! Everybody must do what I say at once, He stomped his foot and the studio shook." (Kurt Vonnegut page 170) This quote from the story is showing how much power Harrison really had a lot of power and is truly a believer in what he thinks is right. When he stomps his foot and the studio shakes. This shows how strong he is not many can stomp and get a place to shake as if an earthquake hit. Harrison knows he is so powerful so he says that he is the emperor and he truly thinks this becauses of how much power he does have. The Handicapper General arrests Harrison for supposedly plotting to overthrow the government ("'Harrison Bergeron 167'") They say that they are arresting him because he is "planning to overthrow the government". The real reason that the handicapper General arrests him is because he is 14. He is 7 foot tall and very strong and intelligent so he is a threat to the government. Glampers knows how powerful that Harrison is so she has to find a reason to remove him from the public so he can not actually overthrow them because she knows he actually could take over the government, because of how smart he is.


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