“Harrison Bergeron” is a short story that satirizes equality, in 2081 the citizens have no control over their lives, their intelligence is suppressed by mental handicaps that control their thoughts. They are also weighed down by bags of birdshot so they are not only mentally, but physically equal. In “Harrison Bergeron” Kurt Vonnegut gives the reader a pessimistic insight on what a truly equal society would be like. The author suggests that if the government was to brainwash people into conformity then people cannot express their individuality, and there will be no new ideas, or any sort of real emotion. In this futuristic dystopian society none of the people are really happy, but none of them are sad either. The people are so mentally oppressed,