True Hero In Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron

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Harrison Bergeron is a story in which the government has handicapped everyone and has overtaken them. Throughout this story, Harrison Bergeron is seen as a hero because he fought against something that knew everyone was afraid of, the United States Handicapper General, and because he is changing the way society work.

Harrison is a true hero to his society because he went against the something everyone was scared of doing which is, the United States Handicapper General. After the woman who Harrison asks to stand up Kurt Vonnegut wrote “Harrison plucked the mental handicap from her ear, snapped off her physical handicaps with marvelous delicacy. Last of all he removed her mask.” With this you can see he is tired of being overtaken by the

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