Which theme best represents vonnegut's story "harrison bergeron"?
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a. when society fails to react to problems, the consequences are
detrimental.
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b. human interaction is more productive when monitored and
organized by an outside source.
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c. when people's freedoms are too tightly restricted, they will
eventually act out in extreme ways.
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d. peoples' talents and gifts must be used for the good of mankind,
not for personal profit.

When people's freedoms are too tightly restricted, they will  eventually act out in extreme ways is the best theme which represents Vonnegut's story "Harrison Bergeron".

Option c

Explanation:

The world would be competitive again if people are different from each other this line clearly express the theme of the Story by Vonnegut. The society reacted wrong by making every individual equal instead of making the society equal for all.

Harrison Bergeron was removed from his parents and imprisoned. When he escaped and wanted Freedom he was shot down stating that would create Chaos in the society where people were made to be virtually equal in every aspect of life by following some cruel methods.  Though the novel characters are equal, none of them are truly free under the rule of "Oppressive General".

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen

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