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In the story, the government was in control of the people. The governments job was to make sure all people were equal, so they controlled people that made sure people that were like George were the same as everybody else, for example they would make them like Hazel. I believe that George is like a remote control because he is controlled by the government. He is controlled by the government because he doesn't want to take off his handicaps. Also he is controlled when the noise that makes sure he doesn't take unfair adavantage of his brain.

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In the story, Hazel asks George "Why don't you rest your handicap bag on the pillows and stretch out to rest." George responds with "Two Years in Prison and two thousand dollar fine for every ball removed from his handicap doesn't sound like a bargain." As George refuses to take off his handicaps because of the consequences, Hazel continues to convince him to take them off until, George say "If he were to take them off it would revert back to the Dark ages again,a time where people compete against each other." From these quotes i can assume that the government has everybody equal so that nobody would be competing against each other. Not only this but I believe that they have consequences for taking off handicaps, so that the government can prevent revolts, since the handicaps make all people become equal, but equal in a way that they can't revolt.

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- "The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal."(pg 90, 1st sentence) The quote definitely tells us readers that equality was definitely a factor for their society. Having equality was probably the goal for their generation. They even goes as far as have there own department for the to prevent the ones whose "intelligence was way above normal" breaking the balance of equality.

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George's intelligence wasn't just to him though. The story applied that "Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was stronger and quicker than anybody else."(pg 90) and so on. The story also created a 211th, 212th, and 213th amendment for this to happen. It shows that society had changed over the course of 67 years. (Of course this probably wouldn't happen... hopefully)

It was also mentioned that George respect the government. "Two years of prison and two thousand dollar fine for every ball I took out.""... I don't call that a bargain." (pg 91) Even though the government prevents him from think like a smarty, he still abides by the laws.

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George's Ear Piece

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In the story, George's son Harrison Bergeron was taken away, and also his intelligence. George's intelligence was "way above normal", but they prevented that by placing a little mental handicap radio in his ear. "Every 20 seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noises to keep people like George from taking unfair advantages of their brains."(pg 90) This characterization shows that in his society, the government prevents anyone from from posing a riot or even a threat to the government.

George was also a super awesomely strong man! (not really but still stronger then the average man) Now though he has to wear a 47-pound weight to prevent him from being overly average. "..referring to the forty-seven pound bag of bird-shot in a canvas bag, which was padlocked around George's neck." (pg 91