Setting is the place where the story occurs. The short story “Harrison Bergeron” is set in April of 2081 somewhere in the United States where equality has been forced. The importance of the setting is that it takes place in the future and all the technology is based on the future in this story. It is set in a gloomy month that Vonnegut describes as annoying for not being spring. Much of the story takes place in Bergeron’s house, but the house is not described at all. It just says that it has a television. The technologies seem to be more advanced, as the readers can tell from the radio handicap that is tuned to government transmitter. Setting helps develop the mood of the story by describing where the characters are while they talking or thinking. The
