In the story Harrison Bergeron, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr, the government makes everybody equal by forcing everybody to be dumb, weak, and unattractive. First, smart people are forced to wear a transmitter, which plays a loud noise every 20 seconds, prohibiting them from thinking (2). In order to not let people have free, independent thoughts, they play loud noises, which disrupts their thinking. Secondly, they force anybody with any strength at all wear large bags around their necks, filled with lead balls (3). By doing this, the government is killing two birds with one stone. Not only are they making everybody equal, they are also stopping any chance of rebellion, as the citizens are too weak to rebel or be able to fight against the government
