Harrison Bergeron Argument Essay 
Mai 1 Jessica Mai
English 711 Ms.Caron
18 September 2014
“Harrison Bergeron”
Although equality may sound great, in Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison
Begeron”, it’s clear that total equality is not at all fair and is just horrible to have to endure. For example, George’s intelligence was way above average therefore he had to wear a little mental handicap radio in his ear by law to impede his ability to think(1). The handicap was tuned to a government transmitter so every twenty seconds it would send out a sharp noise to keep people like George from taking advantage of their brains and this is also why George can never pick up a conversation or remember his train of thought. Next, when the ballerina started talking on television the narrator states “...she must have been extraordinarily beautiful because the mask she wore was hideous(3). This was because the beautiful was forced to wear ugly masks and disfigure themselves down. Further more, when Hazel suggested George to take out just a few lead balls from his bag of weights so he could have a little break, George stated that two years in prison and two thousand dollar fine for every ball he chose to take out didn’t seem like a great bargain(2). The strong are obliged to carry a bag of lead balls around their neck at all hours of the day and if they didn’t, they would have punishments for not doing so. Total equality would be the breaking of disastrous measures to have to hide someone’s beauty, special attributes, intelligence and or strength.
English 711 Ms.Caron
18 September 2014
“Harrison Bergeron”
Although equality may sound great, in Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison
Begeron”, it’s clear that total equality is not at all fair and is just horrible to have to endure. For example, George’s intelligence was way above average therefore he had to wear a little mental handicap radio in his ear by law to impede his ability to think(1). The handicap was tuned to a government transmitter so every twenty seconds it would send out a sharp noise to keep people like George from taking advantage of their brains and this is also why George can never pick up a conversation or remember his train of thought. Next, when the ballerina started talking on television the narrator states “...she must have been extraordinarily beautiful because the mask she wore was hideous(3). This was because the beautiful was forced to wear ugly masks and disfigure themselves down. Further more, when Hazel suggested George to take out just a few lead balls from his bag of weights so he could have a little break, George stated that two years in prison and two thousand dollar fine for every ball he chose to take out didn’t seem like a great bargain(2). The strong are obliged to carry a bag of lead balls around their neck at all hours of the day and if they didn’t, they would have punishments for not doing so. Total equality would be the breaking of disastrous measures to have to hide someone’s beauty, special attributes, intelligence and or strength.