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Harrison Bergeron
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1961 short story by Kurt Vonnegut
"Harrison Bergeron" is a satiricaldystopianscience-fictionshort story by American writer Kurt Vonnegut, first published in October 1961.
Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, the story was republished in the author's Welcome to the Monkey House collection in 1968.
Plot
In the year 2081, the Constitution dictates that all Americans are fully equal and not allowed to be smarter, better-looking, or more physically able than anyone else.
This is due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments. Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, and her agents enforce the equality laws by forcing citizens to wear "handicaps" such as ugly masks for those who are too beautiful, earpiece radios for
