2081 Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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In the Short Story Harrison Bergeron, It’s the year 2081 and there is a boy who has been taken away from his family for being too talented, his name is Harrison Bergeron. Talented people must wear handicaps to make average people feel better about themselves. He eventually escapes government imprisonment to fight against the government by going into a theater on live television. What he doesn’t know is that his parents are watching. Harrison then goes on to take off his handicaps, he also orders a ballet dancer who was previously dancing for the audience to also take off her handicaps. They then go on to dance on live television, but it wasn’t for long before the Handicap General comes and takes them out with a shotgun. Then the live broadcast is shutdown. Amendments 201 – 213 were chosen because they gave the most power to the government while also allowing the government to arrest people.  They didn’t give much freedom to the people which was another goal of these amendments. It also restricted the people which is something that will help stop the people from trying to fight back.

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