Harrison Bergron

   This short story is based in a futuristic utopia where everyone is supposed to be equal. The citizens are given different handicaps to make sure they are all equal to the lowest person in this society. While reading this short story, many questions came to mind as well as before and after reading this story. Most of the questions I had before reading had to do with who is Harrison Bergron?, Why is he so important?, etc. After reading this, I could answer these questions, so they were mostly level one questions. I know this because, I can find out the answers to these questions in the text, for example, the answer to the question: who is Harrison Bergron, can be answered in the story, he was a seven feet tall 14 year old who was a danger to this society because he was extremely smart, tall, and handsome, and he would try to protest the society, and he was George and Hazels child. While I read this passage, there were so many questions that I thought of, and only a few were answered by the end of the passage. Some that were answered sounded like, why were the people handicapped?, who is the "Handicapper General?, why did George keep hearing short bursts of sounds?, why was Hazel crying?, why do the citizens "agree" to be handicapped, etc. By the very end, I could answer all of these questions. But, I also had some questions that were not answered like, how would the handicaps given make the citizens equal since you could tell who was "better" by their handicaps?, or why did the "emperor and empress" kiss the ceiling?
     This short story was quite confusing. Usually, when reading short stories, I can find the actual meaning of the story, or lesson that is meant to be learned, but I could not in this story. The only thing I can assume is that it is sort of like a warning for in the future that it is good to keep your talents and individuality. It is not good for society to have everyone equal, or soon, we woul;d have nothing to separate us from who we truly are.