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Neuburger ENG 102 Sec 104 23 September 2011 Single Paragraph Essay Harrison Bergeron: Utopia of Equality? In the short story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., society is described as a utopia where everyone is finally equal. But no one is truly equal even with the handicaps imposed on people. This shows no matter the lengths people go to, there will never be true equality when it comes to people. He first talks about a news reporter, It wasnt clear at first as to what the bulletin was about, since the announcer, like all announcers, had a serious speech impediment (206). He never describes anyone else having a speech impediment however. It is limited to the announcers. Also when describing Bergerons handicaps, looks far worse than anyone else. Ordinarily, there was a certain symmetry, a military neatness to the handicaps issued to strong people, but Harrison looked like a walking junkyard (206). Its obvious Harrisons handicaps, even though they present him no problem, make him far more inferior to the rest of society. Society as a whole will never be equal. There will always be someone more athletic, beautiful, and smarter than the next person. Vonnegut, Kurt. Harrison Bergeron. Power of Language: Languange of Power. New York: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2009. 203-09. Print.