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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)
‘Harrison Bergeron’ is a 1961 short story by the American writer Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007). The story can be categorised as ‘dystopian satire’ or a ‘satirical dystopian story’, but we’ll say more about these labels in a moment.
The action of the story takes place in the future America of 2081, where everyone has been made truly equal, physically, mentally, and aesthetically.
Plot summary
The story is set in the United States in 2081.
True equality has finally been achieved: nobody is allowed to be stronger, more beautiful, or more intelligent than anyone else, so people who are deemed to have an unfair advantage are forced by law to use ‘handicaps’ which limit their powers or talents.
A Handicapper General, named Diana Moon Glampers, is in charge of ensuring everyone obeys the law and wears their assigned handicaps at all times.
The story focuses on a couple, George and Hazel Bergeron, whose fourteen-year-old son Harrison is take