“Everyone’s special, Dash.” – Elastigirl
“Which is another way of saying no one is.” – Dash
(“The Incredibles”, 2004)
Stories set in the future always catch my attention; things always get so bizarre. “Harrison Bergeron” was no different. In the Year 2081, every individual was “finally equal.” Finally. This may be poking fun at the concept of equality that most people wish to achieve. In this short story, equal meant being weird. The more advantages you have over others, the more things were placed on you. For George Bergeron, Harrison’s father, for instance, he had an earpiece that disrupts his thinking as well as a bag of heavy lead that he has to carry around with him. Hazel, George’s wife, wasn’t wearing anything; she doesn’t need to wear anything – the story portrays her as someone who is rather stupid. For some reason, they both have something weird about them; it’s probably the way they talk or the fact that the story already starts off with the “bizarre future” theme. Harrison then breaks out of prison and is revealed to have lots of these handicaps that make him look clownish and scarily strange; and then was killed upon trying to rule the otherwise equal people. The story then ends with Harrison’s parents forgetting about their son’s death with Hazel continuing to be brainless; which left me scratching my head.
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