Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this story. which quotation from "harrison bergeron" by kurt vonnegut jr. best develops the theme that attempting to make people "equal every which way" is a dangerous and foolish goal? “the musicians scrambled back into their chairs, and harrison stripped them of their handicaps, too.” “every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like george from taking unfair advantage of their brains.’” “all this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments to the constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the united ” “‘…then other people’d get away with it and pretty soon we’d be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else.’”

 “Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.’”

This quote is the one that best exemplifies how trying to make everyone the same is a dangerous and foolish goal. This is the main theme of Harrison Bergeron, by Kurt Vonnegut. In this story, people are meant to be all the same due to a government mandate. In order to achieve this, people who are too beautiful, too intelligent or too athletic have to wear handicaps in order to be brought down to the level of the lowest common denominator.

faithful servants eumaeus and philaetius:

his ragged vest then drawn aside disclosed the sign conspicuous, and the scar exposed: eager they view'd, with joy they stood amazed with tearful eyes o'er all their master gazed:

these servants know ulysses by the scar he got when he was a child - so when he showed them the mark, they immediately knew this is truly their master and they hugged him, finally starting to believe his words.

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