The Rise And Fall Of Harrison Bergeron

“Harrison Bergeron” is a short story about a future that is very different from our own. It is a world filled with “handicaps,” devices that are used to have all people who are physically or mentally better than others to lower their abilities to be average. The character the story is named after, Harrison, has multiple handicaps due to his very powerful physical and mental abilities, being called a “genius” and “athletic” in the story. In the climax of the story, Harrison goes on live television and proceeds to remove his handicaps and a ballerina’s, claiming to be an emperor and those who follow him to be his subordinates; he is later killed. The reason Harrison is motivated to challenge the law is to show the public the beauty and power