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In 2081, nobody is allowed to be smarter than anybody else, and people who are smarter or more beautiful have to wear handicaps, like face masks or radios that buzz in their ears. These laws are strictly enforced by the Handicapper General, Diana Moon Glampers. Harrison Bergeron has exceptional abilities, so was taken away From his parents George and Hazel when he was only 14 | In 2081, nobody is allowed to be smarter than anybody else, and people who are smarter or more beautiful have to wear handicaps, like face masks or radios that buzz in their ears. These laws are strictly enforced by the Handicapper General, Diana Moon Glampers. Harrison Bergeron has exceptional abilities, so was taken away From his parents George and Hazel when he was only 14. Harrison escapes and invades the television studio in an attempt to overthrow the government. He then takes off his handicaps along with a ballerina's handicap and calls himself the Emperor and her the empress. As they kiss, Diana Moon Glampers kills them both. | ||
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* {{cite book |last1=Vonnegut |first1=Kurt |date=2002 |chapter=Harrison Bergeron |title=Reading and Writing about Literature |editor-last=Sipiora |editor-first=Phillip |location=Upper Saddle River, NJ |publisher=Prentice Hall |pages=135–139 }} | * {{cite book |last1=Vonnegut |first1=Kurt |date=2002 |chapter=Harrison Bergeron |title=Reading and Writing about Literature |editor-last=Sipiora |editor-first=Phillip |location=Upper Saddle River, NJ |publisher=Prentice Hall |pages=135–139 }} | ||
* {{cite journal | |||
| last1 = Stuckey | |||
| first1 = Lexi | |||
| date =2006 | |||
| title = Teaching Conformity in Kurt Vonnegut's 'Harrison Bergeron' | |||
| journal = Eureka Printing. | |||
| volume = 7 | |||
| issue = 1 | |||
| page = 85-90 | |||
}} | |||
* {{Cite book | last =Votteler| first =Thomas | date ={{date|1991}} | chapter = Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. | title = Short Story Criticism | editor-last =Votteler | editor-first = Thomas | publisher = Gale Research Inc. | pages = 423-438 }} | * {{Cite book | last =Votteler| first =Thomas | date ={{date|1991}} | chapter = Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. | title = Short Story Criticism | editor-last =Votteler | editor-first = Thomas | publisher = Gale Research Inc. | pages = 423-438 }} | ||
* {{cite web |url=https://www.vonnegutlibrary.org/vonnegut-wins-prometheus-award-for-harrison-bergeron/ |title=Vonnegut wins Prometheus Award for ‘Harrison Bergeron’ |author=<!--staff--> |date=August 19, 2019 |website=Kurt Vonnegut Museum Library|access-date=2021-10-13 |ref={{SfnRef|Library|2019}}}} | * {{cite web |url=https://www.vonnegutlibrary.org/vonnegut-wins-prometheus-award-for-harrison-bergeron/ |title=Vonnegut wins Prometheus Award for ‘Harrison Bergeron’ |author=<!--staff--> |date=August 19, 2019 |website=Kurt Vonnegut Museum Library|access-date=2021-10-13 |ref={{SfnRef|Library|2019}}}} | ||