In my opinion, the theme of the short story, “Harrison Bergeron” was that equality is meant for rights, not everything. It is not necessary for everybody to be completely and totally equal but is important for people to have equal rights. “George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear.” (3) The government doesn’t want people to have their own ideas so they force the extraordinary people into handicaps that will limit all potential. “They were burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked” (10) Athletes were forced to carry heavy weights with them to make them equal to the less gifted, and any pretty girl had to wear a mask to stop any
