Rules And Rules In Harrison Bergeron

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In the story of “Harrison Bergeron” it's about a new society and how nobody can be out of the ordinary. If they take off these things called handicaps the get jailed plus fined or even killed. The short story “Harrison Bergeron,” written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., teaches its readers that Equality, and rules are not always great to have. Rules and order are only as powerful as people make them. With all of the rules they have, nobody is able to be themselves and nobody is unique. In the entire story it talks about how George has 2 handicaps because he is fast and he is smart. Being amazing and different creates diversity which is great for each and every person. But in the story they don’t want diversity, like on page 6 it talks about Diana shooting

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