num_pages: 9
description:  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...It is the year 2081. Because of Amendments 211 212 and 213 to the Constitution every American is fully equal meaning that no one is stupider uglier weaker or slower than anyone else. The Handicapper General and a team of agents ensure that the laws of equality are enforced.One April fourteen-year-old Harrison Bergeron is taken away from his parents George and Hazel by the government and to a place unknown. But what happens in the aftermath will challenge the status quo and inspire his peers about the hidden potential within one's own individuality. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (19222007) was an American novelist satirist and most recently graphic artist. He was born in Indianapolis later the setting for many of his novels. His experiences as an advance scout in the Battle of the Bulge during WWII and in particular his witnessing of the bombing of Dresden Germany whilst a prisoner of war would inform much of his work. The novelist is best known for works blending satire black comedy and science fiction such as 'Slaughterhouse-Five' (1969) 'Cat's Cradle' (1963) and 'Breakfast of Champions' (1973).
language: English
title: Harrison Bergeron
publisher: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction