We live in a society where we use competition to drive each other to better ourselves. It may be sports or academics, but it is human nature to strive to be the best. In “Harrison Bergeron” there is a society where exceptional skill is forcibly hidden behind guises and screens, separating the elite from the average, tearing away the drive to excel. However, Harrison still fights to stand out and show others the beauty it brings. While Harrison can be viewed as a monster or a god, no one will remember him in either light. He makes the effort to be remembered and to live in an exceptional light only to be shot down with a ten gauge shotgun. The ten gauge shotgun is a trademark hunting weapon and an unusual choice for a woman. It symbolizes the way Diana Moon Glampers viewed the boy, he was an animal and should be treated as such. Shooting him was not an act of repression in her eyes ,rather she was protecting the country from his wrath. Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper general, and a woman of extreme conviction. While everyone is in handicaps because of her, she lacks any restraints. Her …show more content…
George, who is a smart man, is brought to his knees and exact moments by this device. Whenever the earpiece blares it’s intolerable tune, the moment prior a questionable action occurred. They are stopping the thoughts of revolution and rebellion through these earpieces. Another handicap, used to slow down the people, are weights. However the way to get stronger is to carry weights. They are taking away their current strength by using weights, but making them stronger in a quick manner. When Harrison Bergeron rips off his handicaps he is able to jump to incredible heights and move in a swift manner. The Handicapper General even added weight to slow him down as he grew into this enormous young man, all the while helping him become more powerful than he ever could on his