Harrison Bergeron | Overview
"Harrison Bergeron" is set in a future America, when everyone is equal according to Constitutional Amendments, and agents of the Handicapper General enforce the equality laws. George and Hazel Bergeron are watching television at home, discussing George's handicaps that make him equal to her and their fellow citizens, and their son's arrest for suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government.
Young Harrison is only fourteen, but he is a strong and handsome young man who breaks out of custody and into the television station. On camera, he announces his rule as Emperor: "Even as...
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