Summary: It was the year 2081 and everyone was finally equal. Most people were handicapped by the Handicapper-General Diana Moon Glampers but some weren't like Hazel Bergeron. Hazel had a perfectly average beauty, strength, speed, eyesight, and beauty. If you were "above average" then you must wear a government approved handicap at all times. Harrison Bergeron was the son of Hazel and George Bergeron. When Harrison was 14 years old he was taken by the H-G men. He was sent to jail because he was completely different from everyone else. He is 7 ft tall, wears all the possible handicaps that are specially made to make him as average as possible, needs to wear a red rubber nose, a disgusting mask, has to keep his eyebrows shaved at all times, and wears "special" sunglasses that are supposed to make him half blind. He was also"plotting" to take over the government. He escapes jail with all his handicaps that are supposed to make a him half blind. He breaks into a live dancing stadium. He takes off all his handicaps on live television. If taking out one lead ball= $2,000 and 2 years in jail... the H-G had no choice but to kill Harrison and they do. On live T.V. Sadly enough Hazel and George were watching but they forget because Hazel is "average" and George's thoughts were interrupted by his earpiece that sent a sharp noise into his brain so he it allow him to take advantage of his intelligence
Similarities: In the story and the movie the plot of the story were very similar. The most important similarity was the ending. In both the story and the movie the ending gave out the same moral. The moral of the story is that individuality is not something to be discouraged about. Being different is a good thing because you can express yourself. You can stand up for your rights and beliefs.
"There are people who live their whole lives on the default settings, never realizing you can customize."
-By: Robert Brault
Also the ending was very sad and in a way made me feel that everyone was stupid or "average". I felt this way because Hazel and George watched their son die on live television and they just forgot about it in like a minute.
Differences: There weren't many differences. In my opinion the main 2 difference was that in the movie he was a terrorist and he was plotting to take over the government. This drastically changed the aroma of Harrison. In the story it says that Harrison was only 14 when he was taken away and reappears on the stage still young but in the movie it tells us that he was in the prison for 6 years (possibly thinking of how to over throw the government.) Also in the movie Harrison had a "bomb" hidden under the stadium but the story didn't. The bomb was actually just a transmitter because he knew that the government would cut the transmitting.The second difference is that in the story it doesn't tell us anything about how George watched a interview with the H-G pretending to wear handicaps. This is a key point to the movie because since the T.V.show was still on air it shows all the viewers that the H-G doesn't actually wear any handicaps.
Preference: In my opinion I think I enjoyed the movie more than the story because in the movie the story line flowed better. The book didn't really explain what Diana Moon Glampers looked like. This can tell us a lot because if we can at least picture, her with or without handicaps on then that could tell us if she is actually bringing equality to everyone. Also in the movie the plot makes more sense. It makes Harrison look extremely smart. Harrison knew that they will deactivate the first transmitter so he hid another transmitter in the corner of the room and left the other one in the middle. Even if he was a terrorist he used that to everyone's advantage. By this I mean that by doing what he did he made everyone realize that equality was stupid. Even though most people forgot (like George and Hazel) he thought that there was someone like him out there in the world somewhere. I think this is why he went to the live T.V. show. I would rate the movie a 9/10 and the short story a 7.5/10.
Favorite Memory: My favorite part of the story was when Hazel said and repeated "Gee I could tell that one was doozy." This was my favorite part because it shows how dumb society gets if everyone had the same intelligence but, out there in the world someone would be as intelligent, handsome, athletic, and strong. That one person could over come the government as Harrison wanted to do. I think that Harrison completed that first step to conquering "equality" and over coming the government.
Similarities: In the story and the movie the plot of the story were very similar. The most important similarity was the ending. In both the story and the movie the ending gave out the same moral. The moral of the story is that individuality is not something to be discouraged about. Being different is a good thing because you can express yourself. You can stand up for your rights and beliefs.
"There are people who live their whole lives on the default settings, never realizing you can customize."
-By: Robert Brault
Also the ending was very sad and in a way made me feel that everyone was stupid or "average". I felt this way because Hazel and George watched their son die on live television and they just forgot about it in like a minute.
Differences: There weren't many differences. In my opinion the main 2 difference was that in the movie he was a terrorist and he was plotting to take over the government. This drastically changed the aroma of Harrison. In the story it says that Harrison was only 14 when he was taken away and reappears on the stage still young but in the movie it tells us that he was in the prison for 6 years (possibly thinking of how to over throw the government.) Also in the movie Harrison had a "bomb" hidden under the stadium but the story didn't. The bomb was actually just a transmitter because he knew that the government would cut the transmitting.The second difference is that in the story it doesn't tell us anything about how George watched a interview with the H-G pretending to wear handicaps. This is a key point to the movie because since the T.V.show was still on air it shows all the viewers that the H-G doesn't actually wear any handicaps.
Preference: In my opinion I think I enjoyed the movie more than the story because in the movie the story line flowed better. The book didn't really explain what Diana Moon Glampers looked like. This can tell us a lot because if we can at least picture, her with or without handicaps on then that could tell us if she is actually bringing equality to everyone. Also in the movie the plot makes more sense. It makes Harrison look extremely smart. Harrison knew that they will deactivate the first transmitter so he hid another transmitter in the corner of the room and left the other one in the middle. Even if he was a terrorist he used that to everyone's advantage. By this I mean that by doing what he did he made everyone realize that equality was stupid. Even though most people forgot (like George and Hazel) he thought that there was someone like him out there in the world somewhere. I think this is why he went to the live T.V. show. I would rate the movie a 9/10 and the short story a 7.5/10.
Favorite Memory: My favorite part of the story was when Hazel said and repeated "Gee I could tell that one was doozy." This was my favorite part because it shows how dumb society gets if everyone had the same intelligence but, out there in the world someone would be as intelligent, handsome, athletic, and strong. That one person could over come the government as Harrison wanted to do. I think that Harrison completed that first step to conquering "equality" and over coming the government.
