Harrison+Bergeron+Questions

1. What has guaranteed equality in the story? Handicap people that are all below average in intellect, physical attributes and looks.

2. How old is Harrison? Harrison is 14 years old.

3. What has happened to Harrison and why? H-G men took Harrison away from his parents and put him in jail because of his good physical appearance.

4. How has the government made George and Hazel equal? What does George have to wear? And what does this do? The government made George and Hazel equal by putting a handicap on George, and nothing on Hazel because she is perfectly average. They put a ear piece on George to scatter his mind when he thinks of something intelligent and a bag around his neck with bird shot, which are weights to reduce his physical attributes.

5. What does Hazel say she would do if she were Handicap General? Hazel said that she would put chimes around the town on Sundays to honor religion.

6. What is the name of the Handicap General? The name of the Handicap General was Diana Moon Glampers.

7. What is the consequence for taking lessening the weight of the handicap bag? The consequence was 2 years in prison, and 2 thousand dollars for every lead ball you take out.

8. What reason does George give for not trying to cheat? George says if he starts doing it everyone else will start doing it too and they'll be casted back in to the dark ages with everyone competing against each other. · Because of this reason, what can we infer about George’s opinion of the current laws? We can infer that George agrees with the current laws of handicapping people that are above average, because he doesn't want people competing against each other.

9. Why wasn’t the news bulletin clear at first to George and Hazel and other viewers? The news bulletin was not clear to the viewers at first because the announcer had a speech impediment.

10. Why did the ballerina apologize about her voice? The ballerina apologized for her voice because it was "... warm, luminous, timeless melody." This is something that an average, or below average person won't have.

11. What is the news bulletin? The news bulletin is about Harrison Bergeron breaking out of prison.

12. Describe Harrison Bergeron with all of his handicaps? Harrison Bergeron looked like Halloween and hardware mixed together. snaggle He wore big ear phones, spectacles with thick wavy lines, scrap metal hung all over him, he wore a rubber ball for a nose, he shaved his eyebrows, and he wore black caps for his teeth at-tooth random.

13. What does Harrison declare on television? Harrison declares that he is the emperor of the world, and declared that the first person to stand would be his empress.

14. What happens to Harrison? Be specific. Harrison was shot with a double-barreled ten-gauge shot gun by Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicap General because Harrison took off his handicap.

15. What does this story suggest about human nature? This story suggests that in human nature, the people below average in certain stuff wishes that everyone is equal, while the people that are above average are happy about it, but not when below average people do not appreciate them.