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Neuburger Eng Comp 102-106 08 February 2012 Essay Response Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The essay Harrison Bergeron written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. describes a society where everyone is considered equal through the use of government enforced handicaps. What is hard to understand is how they could not realize the disabilities do not actually make them equal to one another. George is an intelligent man, and he can think logically up until his disability kicks in and stops him mid-thought, but it does not stop him entirely. George said, "If I tried to get away
with it then other people'd get away with it-and pretty soon we'd be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else. You wouldn't like that, would you?" Before the disability kicks in, he can hold a conversation about this with his wife. Not only that, but the ballerina has to stop and apologize for her voice because it was described as a warm, luminous, timeless

melody. No one should be ashamed of their voice, whether it s beautiful or not. Harrison was smart enough to overcome all the disabilities and show the people who he truly was before he was shot down, along with his newly found Empress.

Vonnegut Jr., Kurt. Harrison Bergeron. Power of Language Language og Power Collection of Readings. Vol. Second Custom Edition for Ozarks Technical Community College. Boston: Pearson s Learning Solutions, 2011. 293-99. Print.