Harrison Bergeron is almost super-human: He is a genius, extremely good-looking, seven feet tall, able to see and hear exceptionally well, strong and athletic, but overbearing.
Because Harrison's attributes are so exceptional he is severely handicapped in order to make him "equal" to all others in his society; for instance, he is forced to wear "a tremendous pair of earphones" and glasses to distort his keen vision and give him "whanging headaches besides."
Having rebelled...
Harrison Bergeron is almost super-human: He is a genius, extremely good-looking, seven feet tall, able to see and hear exceptionally well, strong and athletic, but overbearing.
Because Harrison's attributes are so exceptional he is severely handicapped in order to make him "equal" to all others in his society; for instance, he is forced to wear "a tremendous pair of earphones" and glasses to distort his keen vision and give him "whanging headaches besides."
Having rebelled against the severe handicaps weighing three hundred pounds that he is forced to wear and the painful shocks to his head to arrest his intelligent thoughts and mar his superior vision, Harrison has been put into prison. But, he escapes, frees himself from his handicaps, and attempts a coup d'état by invading the television station and taking off the handicaps of others.
"I am the Emperor!" cried Harrison. "Do you hear? I am the Emperor! Everybody must do what I say at once!"
Harrison continues his boasting; then, he declares that he will select his Empress, and he calls for the woman who dares to rise and claim her mate. A ballerina comes forward, and when her handicaps are removed, her beauty is dazzling. But, as they dance, the Handicapper General, Diana Moon, who bears a resemblance to Hazel and needs no handicaps, fires twice a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun at the couple, killing the Emperor and Empress.
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