Read the following excerpt from kurt vonnegut's short story "harrison bergeron":
the year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. they weren't only equal
before god and the law. they were equal every which way. nobody was smarter
than anybody else. nobody was better looking than anybody else. nobody was
stronger or quicker than anybody else. 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 states handicapper general.
some things about living still weren't quite right, though. april, for instance, still
drove people crazy by not being springtime. and it was in that clammy month that
the h-g men took george and hazel bergeron's fourteen-year-old son, harrison,
away
it was tragic, all right, but george and hazel couldn't think about it very hard. hazel
had a perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn't think about anything
except in short bursts. and george, while his intelligence was way above normal,
had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. he was required by law to wear it at all
times. it was tuned to a government transmitter. 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.
identify vonnegut's message in "harrison bergeron," and explain how he uses a dystopian setting to
convey that message. make sure to cite specific examples from the excerpt to support your response.