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Harrison Bergeron doesn't consider the flaw within it's story. How do you determine the perfect average person to represent how everyone should be? You cant really but in this essence Hazel would be considered perfectly average. She is the baseline on how everyone should be. Hazel isn't burden with handicaps because she has no talents and qualities better than others. However George, Hazel's husband has handicaps. The reason for his handicaps is because he has above average intelligence and strength. An ear piece emits noises to discourage thinking from George and weights prevent his strength from showing. George most likely hates his handicaps but indulging in that idea would be meat with intense noises followed by forgetfulness. The author explains each handicap a person has and why they have it throughout the storyline. The explanation of each handicap is the authors way of developing the story as a whole.

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Considering Hazel, she is not handicapped because she is what the society is aiming to be; she is the societies role model almost. George is more stronger and smarter than Hazel and by that he has to be handicapped so that he can become more like Hazel. George feels not only annoyed by his handicap but in a way as if It was normal because it is for the better of the society in his eyes. The author develops the handicap by describing the handicaps and why they have them as well as their thoughts on the handicap. The author also develops the handicap by giving multiple examples of the handicaps in the society such as George and Harrison Bergeron.

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Hazel is not handicapped as harshly as George because Hazel is more of an average person comparing to society. The goal of this short story is to create a society that contains nothing but equality. George is more agile, stronger, and smarter than Hazel. This makes his handicaps brutal and painful so he is in line with the rest of the people. George feels that his handicaps although annoying are something normal and expected for the benefit of society. Kurt Vonegutt develops the handicaps by showing the variety of people. He also shows this in his writing with the descriptions of the handicaps and the thoughts about them.

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The character Hazel isn't handicapped because she is a average person which is what the society aims for everyone to be.George with more strength than the average man and the intelligence very high has handicaps and feels they are a nuisance. the way this is shown is how the sounds keep going off in his ear and it keeps reoccurring. But he agrees and will wear them not to bring back the dark times like before and he also doesn't feel it is worth to change it because of all the trouble you can get in. Therefore he is a reasonable person willing to make sacrifices for the good of society while hazel doesn't really know what is going on.

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Hazel isn't handicapped because she has an average intelligence, and she's average looking. George is above average, so that he has to wear a radio to send sharp sounds so that he loses his train of thought, like Hazel kept doing. They are both equal in this way; both of them forget what they were thinking about after awhile. The author develops this by showing how Hazel kept forgetting what she was talking about, and they showed George's thoughts and what was happening to him; every time he started thinking about something, there was a sharp noise. George also says that the handicaps are a part of him now, and when Hazel talked about how he could take some of his lead balls off, George immediately refused; saying that if he got away with it, so would other people, causing them to go back to the "dark ages". (page 301)

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Hazel and George and intellectually different in many ways. Hazel probably has some of disorder that makes her normally have short term memory, an this level of intellect is considered average. George on the other hand is above average, which in present day would probably be average, and has to wear a transmitter that projects sharp sounds to make the people who wear them lose their train of though, like what Hazel normally has. This is to make sure they are both "equal" by restricting one person to have the same problem as another. The author develops this by showing how hard it is for Hazel to keep on the same discussion and George having those sharp bursts of noise that makes him lose his thoughts.

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Hazel is not handicapped because she has perfectly average intelligence (and other qualities). George feels his handicaps are a nuisance, but important to keep society equal. He said if he cheated and tried to get away with it so would other people and soon they'd be back to the 'dark ages' of competition (301). The author develops this through George's refusal to take out a few led balls of his handicap. This act shows hoe George does not enjoy having 47 pounds on his neck, but will deal with it for the sake of equality.

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The reason Hazel does not have a handicap, is because she is considered average, as in her intelligence is average and she possesses no physical advantages over any other person. George doesn't like his handicaps, but feels they are necessary for a stable society. On page 301 George said "Pretty soon we'd be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else. You wouldn't like that would you?" This shows us how George feels that the handicaps are a necessary "evil".

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Hazel is not handicapped because she is considered normal. She has average mental and physical traits. George however, had both a transmitter in his ear, and a neck brace. The ear transmitter blasts a noise into his ear every few seconds so that he forgets what he was thinking about. This is because his mental intelligence is higher than normal. The neck brace has many tiny lead balls inside it. Hazel is glad she doesn't have handicaps like George does. George does not like his handicaps, but says he is used to them and feels they are needed for a stable society. When Hazel suggests taking a few lead balls out,George says he doesn't mind it, and that without them "we'd go right back to the dark ages again". George believes that the handicaps are fair and needed, even though they hurt him.

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Hazel does not have handicaps because she is "normal" while George does. Hazel isn't smart, and forgets things very quickly, so she doesn't need a device to keep her from thinking. On page 300, Hazel says "Who knows better'n I do what normal is?" Hazel is thankful that she doesn't need handicaps, especially because she sees her husband suffering from his. George has an earpiece that keeps him from thinking more than a few seconds, because it makes him forget what he was thinking about. He also must wear 75 pounds around his neck. Although the earpiece and weight hurt him, George believes that it is fair. He agrees that it is right that he must wear these handicaps. On page 301, "I don't mind it" about the weight that he must carry. Then, he says about if everyone took off their handicaps that "we'd be right back to the dark ages again". So George keeps them on, not even allowing himself to rest while watching TV. The author shows both Hazel and George's opinion on the way their society works, then tells us about Harrison and how differently he sees things.

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Hazel is not handicapped because she is "perfectly average" (299). Her physical abilities do not surpass that of anyone else, as with her intelligence. She is also not considered beautiful, and therefore is not required to wear a hideous mask. George on the other hand, has a far above average intelligence, and therefore has a transmitter in his ear that sends out a sharp noise every 20 seconds to stop whatever above average thinking George may have been doing (George also has a 47 pound bag around his neck, but this is not stressed as much as the transmitter). George feels as though his handicap is necesarry to keep society out of the "dark ages", but as the story progresses, he appears to become more annoyed with his handicap. There are subtle hints in the text that hint at George seeing his handicap for what it really is, such as his short, "'You can say that again', " comment on page 305.

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Hazel doesn't have any handicaps because according to the general, she is average or below average. Her abilities are average and not in need or restraints. On the other hand george has to have handicaps because he has a high level of intelligence and this has to be restricted so all people stay equal. He seems to be content with the handicaps, because he has had them for so long they have just become a part of his life ("I don't notice it anymore, its just a part of me" page 301). He can't finish thinking or remember lots because of the device in his ear that plays noises to distract him every once and a while, which would become annoying and difficult to deal with.

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Hazel has no handicaps because her abilities, her mental state, and her physical state are all average. "Hazel had a perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn't think about anything except in short bursts."(pg. 299) But George is not so average, in fact he is above average. In order to keep him equal to society he has handicaps. He has to have an er transmitter and 47 pounds of weight around his neck.(pg. 300 and 301) "George weighed his bag with his hands. "I don't mind it," he said, "I don't notice it anymore. It's just a part of me." "(pg. 301) The author develops this by showing that the loud noise always interrupts George's thought whenever he thinks about something "unequal".

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The characters Hazel and George are different in many ways. First off, Hazel is not handicapped because she is what you might consider average. On the other hand, George has better and more developed physical and mental qualities than the average person would have. The author develops that George has handicaps for those reasons in ways of describing how he feels and the physical qualities of the devices devising him to equality. On page 301, the author explains that George is more tired and wants to lay down from his sack of led balls around his neck. But, also on that page it states that he doesn't particulary like the way his handicaps feel on his body, but if he did not have them, the country would be in its dark ages again.

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Hazel is not handicapped because she is labeled average by the governments standards and because of her average intelligence level she does not need handicaps to make her equal. On the other hand George is known to have above average intelligence and in order to regulate this the government forces him to wear handicaps that make him forget his thoughts by projecting a sound every 20 seconds. George feels that these handicaps are a part of him and believe they should be there. Throughout the story the author develops this by showing how George's handicaps interrupt his thoughts and and leave him with no opinion about anything.

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Hazel is not handicapped because she is considered average by the government's standards. "Hazel had perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn't think anything except in short bursts." (Vonnegut, Page 299) George, on the other hand, has intelligence that is above average. From what text there is about George, it can be said the he neither likes nor dislikes the handicaps. They are just there, an unavoidable aspect of life that he's become accustomed to. "I don't notice them anymore. It's just a part of me." (Vonnegut, Page 301) George also seems quite apprehensive about the idea of ridding himself of handicaps because of the possible punishment that could come along with it and the way removing handicaps could disrupt society and his way of life.

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I figure that Hazel isn't handicapped because she's average. She doesn't need handicaps because she's an average person of average intelligence. George however is handicapped mentally and physically. He believes that these handicaps are a part of him and with his physical ones, he doesn't want to risk taking any of the lead balls out of them. He just believes that they are a part of him and belong there.

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Hazel, Harrison's mother, is not handicapped because she is thought of as being average. "Hazel had perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn't think about anything except in short bursts." (Vonnegut, 299) However, her husband George, who is handicapped for his intelligence and strength, believes that his handicaps are there for a reason, and they are not to be tampered with because he might be punished. He does not desire the equality between him and his wife to be washed away. The author explains this on page 301, when the George says "I don't notice it anymore. It's just a part of me."

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Hazel isn't handicapped because the is the governments ideal image of perfectly average. As said on page 299, "Hazel has a perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn't think about anything except in short bursts." George feels that if he were to take his handicaps off, it would make things unfair between Hazel and him, for he would be able to do more things, and become better than her. The author shows this by explaining that if Hazel tries to get George to take off his handicaps or rest, then he says that they "are apart of me".

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Hazel is not handicapped because she is considered "average". This means she is not extraordinarily beautiful, smart, or strong. George has been brainwashed by the government and does not let the handicaps bother him because he believes the consciences of him taking them off out way the injustice of him wearing them. This is developed when Hazel tells George he should take some of the balls out of his weights but he refuses because he does not want to risk getting caught. He also claims the weights and earpiece to be a "part of him".

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I imagine that Hazel isn't handicapped because she has below-average mental capacity. As described in the beginning of the short story the only people with average or above mental capacity are handicapped. George is obviously okay with his handicapped lifestyle. He has simply learned to live with it. When the sounds ring in his earpiece he just goes about his day like it's an everyday thing. (which I suppose it is) The author shows this by representing George's lack of Interest or thought process upon the his handicapped status.

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Hazel isn't handicapped because she is average. She isn't smart but she isn't dumb. George seems to have accepted his handicaps because he understands that if he doesn't wear his handicaps or even keep them the way it is, he would be better than everyone else and that it would put them back into the dark ages. The author developed this by the conversation George and Hazel had about taking out a few weights and how George refused and explaining how they'd go back to the dark ages.

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Hazel doesn't have to be handicapped as she is perfectly average, and in this society's eyes she is normal. In her own words (page 300) "Who knows better'n I do what normal is?" George appears both annoyed and accepting of the handicaps, as he assures Hazel that he doesn't even notice the weights anymore. George does seem to be more annoyed at the intelligence handicap, as when Hazel expresses envy at not being able to hear the sounds he seems disbelieving. However through out page 300- 301 he rebuffs any ideas to lessen the handicaps.

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Hazel is not handicapped because she is already perfectly average compared to George, who has above average intelligence. "Hazel had a perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn't think about anything except in short burst." (Pg. 299) "And George, while his intelligence was way above normal," (Pg. 299) Hazel just meets the standards of where everyone should be at. George seems to be ok with the handicaps, he even seems to think they are good things. But also, he believes they are painful and distracting because his hearing aids that distracts his thinking make a loud, ear piercing noise. But, he thinks they are a good thing because they keep the society out of another "dark age". This develops on page 300 and 301 when Hazel tells George to lay down after a painful noise in his hearing aids and they discuss the situation of handicaps and their affects on the society.

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Hazel is not handicapped because she is already average. "Hazel had a perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn't think about anything except in short bursts." (Pg. 299) Since she is at society's ideal level of intelligence, talent, and strength, she does not need anything to weigh her down. George believes that handicaps are good things, even though they are painful and distracting. "It was such a doozy that George was white and trembling, and tears stood on the rim of his red eyes." (Pg. 300) This passage shows how much the handicaps scare and harm George, but when Hazel talks about how tired he looks, he refuses to rest his bag of lead balls. He explains that without the handicaps, society would go back to the "dark ages."

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Hazel seemed be completely "normal". She wasn't better than anyone at anything, just average. Gorge on the other hand, had very heavy weights and a ear piece because he was both strong and smart. Gorge seemed to think that it was totally awesome that he had his handicaps. Sure the earpiece made things hard and the weights would hurt at times, but he felt that if he were to not have them, the dark times would come again and he does not want anyone to feel bad for not being as smart or strong as he is. The author developed this by describing that his thoughts would get scattered and that he was saying the weights were heavy.

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Hazel and George are two characters in this messed up society. Hazel is considered "average", so she doesn't need any handicaps. George, on the other hand, is considered "better than average", so they think he needs to be brought down to be equal with everyone else. In the story, it is shown how this actually makes the characters miserable and unable to function as they normally would. The author shows us how the person without the handicap thinks everything is great, whereas the person with the handicap actually finds it somewhat unfair.

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hazel and George are very different when it comes to handicap. Hazel isn't handicapped because she can never remember something that just happened. When her own son died on tv and she started crying because if it, the only thing she could remember was that she saw something sad on TV. George although is irritated by his handicap, doesn't have a hug problem with it. He says that it's a part of him and he's just gotten used to it. The author starts the story off by continuing the end. When they are watching tv, right away it tells you about how George is handicapped and the punishment for it using the handicappes. The author doesn't just outright say that George is handicapped, but gives examples to how he is.

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Hazel is not handicapped, because she is considered average, not too smart, or pretty, or strong. I think George feels that if he is not handicapped or cheats the system, then it will all come crashing down, and they will all go back into the dark ages. So he accepts it. The author devolps it by having hazel say it's okay for him to lie down because he is tired, so he won't be equal to her for a little while. But he says no, it's okay.

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Hazel isn't handicapped because she isn't extra smart or strong so she doesn't need to be held behind. George accepts his handicaps and thinks everyone being equal is a good thing and he wants society to keep being they way it is.

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Hazel is not handicapped because she is normal and does not need to be downgraded. George feels like if he is not handicap he will ruin the system. Also, he cannot fully think about anything before a noise goes through his head. The author develops this through a conversation between George and Hazel where Hazel is asking seemingly innocent questions to George but George perceives them differently because of his brain but he's reminded of the society's state by the buzzer.

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Hazel had average intelligence so she does not need to be handicapped. George doesn't like his handicap because he can't finish a full thought without having a buzzer go off in his head.

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Hazel's handicap is not painful, it just makes her forget things, so when she complains, her husband doesn't look at it as she should be complaining, because she has it better off.

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Hazel was born normal and average so she doesn't need any handicaps. She's already down to a level of equality. George doesn't like his handicap and he feels like it keeps him from being himself. He feels it holds him back and it's physically draining. The author developed this through describing his feelings of when the noises go off and his reactions to them.

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hazel isn't handicapped because she is completely average. George has gotten used to it but I think that if George could think about it he would hate it. the authors develops his as he give examples of the noises he hears

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Hazel isn't handicapped, because she is considered average, so the government doesn't need to handicap any qualities. George doesn't like his handicap, but he has gotten used to it, he has grown to accept it, and realized it is necessary. The author develops this in the sentence "we'd be right back to the dark ages, with everybody competing against everybody else." George doesn't want to go back to competition, so he accepts the handicap.

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Hazel isn't handicapped because she is already average. She isn't smarter or stronger anyone else. How George feels about his handicap is he doesn't like it, however he'll comply. This is because he feels it isn't worth it to go to jail from removing some of his handicaps. We feel the author doesn't really develop this because George can't since he has limitations and can't express his opinions.

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Hazel doesn't have a handicap because mentally she doesn't excel. George is handicapped because he has the mental ability to overthrow the government. George doesn't like his handicap but he has come to copes with the reality. The author develops this by clearly showing how Hazel is a bit ditsy and how George just deals with his handicap, the author develops that by showing his attitude

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The reason why Hazel is not handicapped is because she is perfectly average. The reason why George is handicapped is because he has above average intelligence.  George feels that this handicap is beneficial and if he didn't have it things will go back to the dark ages.

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Hazel isn't handicapped because she is at the level of average intelligence and strength. George is fine with his handicap but it does affect his life trenmensly.

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Hazel isn't handicapped because she isn't smart or pretty. She is just very average. George doesn't mind too much as it has become part of his daily life that he see no difference in it truly being a handicap