Being Above Average In Harrison Bergeron

Handicapping the Above Average

Would life be simpler if everyone was edited to be equal? The short narrative “Harrison Bergeron” is about the Government forcing equality on citizens by the use of impediments; while doing so they prevent all of the residents from further developing. The year is 2081, it is a harsh and troublesome year, the citizens are punished if they don't fit into the "average" category, thus meaning if they're above average in physical abilities, intelligence, natural beauty, or any variety of capabilities they are burdened and installed with handicaps in order to prevent someone from being above average. Being above average means that one of the citizens is more attractive, stronger, more intelligent or quicker than

She is known to be of average intelligence. Whereas her husband is incredibly gifted therefore is encumbered with handicaps, the headset that scrambles his thoughts as well as heavyweights to restrain him. The government attempting to even out the playing field by handicapping isn’t promoting equality but rather diminishing the naturally gifted and superior. That being said, it suggests that one of the vital concepts of this short story is that the government is a dictatorship wanting to degrade one’s humanity in order to make the more dull people feel less dull. Even with the Government placing the handicaps, George Bergeron, Hazel’s husband still cannot be compared to Hazel. He has to wear the headset, but because he is so mentally advanced he is still able to make good judgments for himself. For example; Hazel asks George to take off the handicaps because they’re giving him a headache, however, he knows that this would lead to trouble with the government and reassures her that it is alright. In today’s society, he would be considered a genius due to the fact that he is incredibly gifted and