Harrison Bergeron

The author of Harrison Bergeron tries to show us a possibility of the future to the extreme. This possibility is that people are constantly trying to keep everything and everyone equal. In the life that Harrison Bergeron lives in, the government tries to make everybody equal by making everybody average. Smarter people must put a buzzer in their ear which beeps every 20 seconds to erase their train of thought. Harrison Bergeron is a genius. He is seen as a threat to the government because of his brain, and therefore is locked up. He does not want to be dumbed down. He escapes prison and tries to take over the world on the news channel. Though, his plan was not very thought out because he shows up and forces musicians to play so he can dance. He then asks for an empress and a ballerina who was performing volunteers. The two dance and float around. They kiss the ceiling and each other until government officials come and kill them and their dreams.