How do the different handicaps contribute to the theme of the story harrison bergeron?
a. they show how being unique can be dangerous to yourself and the people around you
b. they emphasize how the most ordinary people are often the most valued in a society
c. they stress how the word towards achieving total equality won’t be easy or pleasant.
d. they illustrate how much must be done to make the most unique and talented individuals conform.
* explain

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.