Moreover, Vonnegut sets the story in American soil during the year 2081; the exaggerated laws of equality have been added to the Constitution by the Amendments 211, 212, and 213. The responsible face leading the primary group of agents that enforce these “laws of equality” is known as the Handicapper General, or …show more content…
3). As for people like Hazel, who only have a “perfect average intelligence,” meaning that she cannot think “about anything except in short bursts,” (Par. 1), causes her to be disconnected of herself, indirectly including her as a part of the neutralized members of the country. This kind of absurd and unfair control Vonnegut’s created government in Harrison Burgeron portrays a futuristic dystopian society, and resembles how far a government would go to belittle its members and obtain absolute control over its citizens and have them conform to new sets of rules and living. In this case, it is the United States government and a very American attribute such as equality that Vonnegut uses to depict the dangers of having a right or law be taken too