Talent In Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron

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The government in “Harrison Bergeron” discourages thoughts about talent because if one person is more talented than another competition will be brought back. “They weren’t really very good- no better than anybody else would have been, anyway” (Vonnegut 99). This statement made by the author shows that the government doesn’t allow any person to be better than another because competition divides people. Talent would be considered a threat because it tends to bring out the best or the worst in people. “They reeled, whirled, swiveled, flounced, capered, gamboled, and spun” (Vonnegut 99). When Harrison and his Empress did this they showed the Empress's true dancing talent. Doing this on a live broadcast showed others what they may be able to accomplish,

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