Forced Equality in Harrison Bergeron's Society

King Bergeron is not Equal
The short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut is about a world where people hide their true identities so everyone else can be accepted. It is a burden to be better then someone else. Citizens are trying harder to dumb themselves down then to be superior. That is how their society is run. They have no choice but to be equal. Instead of accepting everyone 's differences and helping people who are less average, the government is banning talents and making them seem like a contagious disease. An evil ability that no one would want to have in their lives. It was the year of 2081, and everyone is being forced to be equal. Thanks to the 211th-213th Amendments made by their “trustworthy” government, these people are

He is the only one who thinks he has enough power to rise above the government and to make a stand. He is the only one who understands why everyone 's unique abilities are important. He has done whatever he can in his life to protect his differences and unique talents. The government did manage to get a few handicaps on him, but this wasn 't enough to stop him. However, instead of being seen as a rolemodel, a hero or a king, to these people he was seen as a criminal. The text says, “He was held on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. He is a genius and an athlete, is under-handicapped and should be regarded as extremely dangerous.” He plays a role as a monster to these people. Since for years all they have seen in anyone is their average society, it is easy to understand why they would be scared of him. But he isn 't trying to do something bad, he hopes he is right and that differences are good. He decides to embrace them in front of a crowd and on a live broadcast to everyone watching. He gets up on the ballerinas stage and takes off the handicapps he does have. In the text it says, “Ballerinas, technicians, musicians, and announcers cowered on their knees before him, expecting to die.” He thought he was starting a rebellion to save everyone who might be scared to show their true selves. Instead he just created a panic, and right in front of everyone, he

They were not creating equality, they were creating drones that would do anything they said and zombies that are being held captive to themselves. Being trapped, living on the outside, but on the inside their dead. This story explained the brave individual who fought for what he thought was for the best. It shows how brave he was, and how sometimes people can be beat on for what they believe in, even if it is right. The government should be seen as the ones who are criminals and dangerous to their society. But the circumstances are different and the mindset is off. This story is relating to real life. It compares to our government today. They are trying to make people equal. Of course not as extremely as the government in this story, but this story could be a capture of the future, in a more fictional way. One thing we need to be aware of is if we don’t fight for what we want now, and let the government control us, it might be too late. Finally, we should stand for our talents and differences, because in the future we could regret it and not be able to do anything about