Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr, audio and text

Vonnegut portrays a society in which everyone has to be equal. For this they have paid a high price: the elimination of all individual differences. Everyone is average. Summary: The year is 2081. George and Hazel Bergeron are living in a society in which everyone is equal. Citizens who are stronger, more attractive, or more intelligent are forced to wear handicaps that bring them down to an average level. Although most people are resigned to this system, the Bergeron's genius son Harrison resists by plotting to overthrow the government. Consequently, he is imprisoned. George and Hazel see their son on TV during his escape from jail. Harrison throws off his handicaps and dances with a ballerina, also freed from the handicap. Because they are too beautiful and too talented for society, they must be eliminated...