In the second story, “The Pedestrian” Ray Bradbury describes a man, Leonard Mead, taking a walk at night in the year 2053. and don’t even realize it is their own son being shot because of their handicaps. The Handicapper General, the one who put all of these laws in place shows up on the stage, and shoots fourteen year old Harrison and the ballerina, with a shotgun. He proceeds to rip off his extremely heavy physical handicaps, and takes the mask off the ballerina.
He happens to be their son, Harrison Bergeron, and believes all of the handicapping is wrong and immoral. Later in the show, a boy, seven feet tall I might add, comes on to the stage. It is a group of ballerinas dancing, all with different handicaps, one including a mask to shield beauty. During the story, George and Hazel are watching a program on T.V. He is also physically handicapped with weights. Every time he is thinking about something it will give off a piercing sound in his ear to stop his train of thought. He has a receiver in his ear which receives signals from a government transmitter. George is an above average person and is handicapped for his intelligence, or advantage over everyone else. Two of the main characters, George and Hazel are married in the story.
With everyone on a level playing field there is no competition, no point of sports, and really not a fun society at all. This may seem like a good thing at first but when you think about it you will probably change your mind. In “Harrison Bergeron” everyone is equal.
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