In the story “Harrison Bergeron”, handicaps are given to people who may be able to possess higher authority with their intelligence. The government assumes that handicaps will create a more equal society in which one individual does not have more power/intelligence over another individual. “The minute people start cheating on laws, what do you think happens to society?” (P.23) Once laws are broken and are no longer enforced, the result would be a chaotic society. Laws are used to form a society of equal opportunity and aid the idea of equality. People are no longer equal once laws are not used as guidelines to improve society.
The United States possess much equality from gender to ethnicity to religion. The United States government has
The United States possess much equality from gender to ethnicity to religion. The United States government has