Harrison Bergeron

There are a lot of interesting questions brought up in Harrison Bergeron. Let us start with the simple. What are the handicaps? Why do the handicaps exist? What prevents the people from thinking? Who is the Empress? How hold is Harrison Bergeron? These are all questions answered directly in the text. Now we review the intermediate questions. How is Hazel average intelligence? Why would people handicap to themselves? What is the relationship between Harrison and Hazel and George? These are questions answered through analysis or inferring. Now we look at the deepest questions. Do we want true equality? Is true equality even possible? These are questions that the story makes us asks about the world. 

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