Kurt Vonneguts `Harrison Bergeron`

Kurt Vonnegut 's Harrison Bergeron

In the field of technology human beings are progressing in leaps and bounds but at the same their cultural and moral values are on decline In pursuit of their aims and ambitions , humans are turning away from their values and behaving in a cruel manner . It is this tendency of human beings that is depicted in the short story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut through its theme of forced equality . The story presents the state of human society in the year 2081 . To achieve equality among its

people , United States handicaps those people who are found to be above average in terms of intelligence , beauty and athletic traits

Equality is one of the major values that is enforced on the human beings , THE YEAR WAS 2081 , and everybody was finally equal . They weren 't only equal before God and the law . They were equal every which way (Vonnegut . The government ensured that every human being was equal in terms of intellectual capabilities , beauty and physical abilities . The Constitution was amended to make sure that every individual in the society was equal in all the aspects . All this equality was due to the 211th , 212th , and 213th Amendments to the Constitution , and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General (Vonnegut . The methods employed by the government to bring about this equality among its people were cruel and ruthless . When Harrison Bergeron was found to be intelligent and good-looking as compared to...