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The word "finally" from the text, "The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal." suggests that equality is a concept that was evergoing, and hadn't been solved for a long time before 2081. It also implies that equality was inevitable.

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They werent equal before this time. There had been a lot of issues with equality before this.

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They werent equal before this time. There had been a lot of issues with equality before this.

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When Hazel suggested removing the handicaps, George was against it saying, “If I tried to get away with it, … then other people’d get away with it — and pretty soon we’d be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else” (29). This shows how they have managed to create a world where competition is a bad thing that is thought of as savage and terrible.

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The word finally suggests that equality took a while to accomplish and that it probably wasn't easy. In the story, it tells us of the difference in George and Hazel's intelligence, so to make them equals, George gets a sharp ring in his ear to keep him from taking advantage of his brain.

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the word finally suggest that equality has been something unachievable for many years the time difference between now and 2081 is proof that it took many years

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That people have been fighting for equality for a long time, and they finally achieved it, by eliminating everyone's differences. In the story they used handicaps to make sure that no one is above or superior to anyone else at anything, like George being more intelligent than Hazel, so they gave him the handicaps to slow down his thinking.

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After a long time of inequality and discrimination, it's come to an end. "They were equal every which way."

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I think technology is a detriment to society because smart people have to wear earwigs that distract there attention. We recognize this early in the story where it says " And George while his intelligence was way above normal he has a little mental handicap, he was required by law to wear it at all times.....Every twelve second or so the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like george from taking unfair advantage of there brains.

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It suggest that idea of that finally having equality is not as easy to achieve. It took humans to achieve equality in the year 2081.

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It contributes to irony, because when everyone is equal it means we celebrate everyone's differences and see them to be just as deserving. However, in the story, the society handicaps and disables people with advantages in order to make everyone on the same level. "... while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear

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The word finally suggest that it took a long time to get equality and they should've been had it.

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This suggests that everyone wasn't equal before.
Supporting evidence: "They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way"
This shows what has changed.

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Harrison's death and his parents' reactions further contribute to the story's commentary on conformity and rebellion by showing a brutal approach to rebellion and a sad truth of their conformity. Hazel's reaction shows just how much people conformed in this story when she states, "I forgot... something real sad on television..." it shows that even moments after she saw her son get murdered, she has forgotten. This demonstrates the story's commentary on conformity and rebellion by having something that would be a really big deal brushed off and forgotten in mere moments.

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The world ¨finally¨ suggests that equality has been an ongoing problem since the beginning of time until 2081. Stated in the story , ¨“then other people’d get away with it — and pretty soon we’d be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else¨. This shows that before this time society struggled with equality.

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Preslee Drake: All of the characters in the story believe that enforced equality is better than having people who are better at certain things. They use the word ¨finally¨ to say that they are excited to see everyone finally be equal. ¨Pretty soon  we'll be back to the dark ages again.¨ said George, impling that when people were not equal it was worse. 

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Preslee Drake: All of the characters in the story believe that enforced equality is better than having people who are better at certain things. They use the word ¨finally¨ to say that they are excited to see everyone finally be equal. ¨Pretty soon  we'll be back to the dark ages again.¨ said George, impling that when people were not equal it was worse. 

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Vonnegut uses the term "handicap" as a block from your true intelligence or physical features. "And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear." This quote proves that a "handicap" is a barrier that won't let you reach your peak performance. The use of the word contributes to the satire because it is ironic.

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The characters seem to feel that their state of enforced total equality was totally necessary. The characters are convinced that it is better to live painfully than to be unequal.
Evidence: "If I tried to get away with it," said George, "then other people'd
get away with it - and pretty soon we'd be right back in the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else. You wouldn't like that , would you?

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The story definitely has a sad or disagreeable tone to it. The conversations sound kind of forced, and as if the characters don't like the world they live in, but go with it out of fear. "George was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn't be handicapped."

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This suggests that they weren't equal before and now they believe that they are.

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The word finally suggest that it took so long for everyone to be equal. Equality wasn't important enough for everyone to become "equal".

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I believe that technology is a detriment to society. "Another noise in his ear radio scattered his thoughts." In the story, society is all equal and a huge part of it is because of technology. For example, the ear radios make a noise when the more intelligent people are thinking too much. Everyone should be themselves and be free to think their own thoughts, they shouldn't be forced to hide those things.

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It means that before 2081 there was little to no equality in the world
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"They weren’t only equal before God and the law. "They weren’t only equal before god.They were equal every which way"

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Technology is an obvious detriment because it allows the government to create equallity on outcome on an individual level. George has to wear radio's in his ears that play a high pitched sound that stops him from thinking becuase he has an above average IQ. If all of the geniuses have to do that, then there will be no innovation and no more technological development.

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It is a detriment because they are forced to wear these handicaps. One of the ballerinas is so beautiful that she has to wear an ugly mask. George is also so smart that he must wear an earpiece that slows his brain activity.

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Technology is a detriment to society. The governement uses transmitters to "keep people like Geogre from taking unfair advantage of their brains". The government is limiting the free will of others so that non-gifted people can be the norm. They are using technology to limit the minds of the talented which means that humans can't grow and invent as a species.

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If this story were written today, then some of the occupations he may have focused on could be musicians, sports stars, and possibly even teachers. Really, any occupation that requires a specific skill would be handicapped in this world.
Evidence: there is a mention of the musicians having handicaps, which could always be expanded upon. It also mentions that nobody is stronger, quicker, or smarter than anybody else, which would include teachers and athletes.

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Television and radio implies that there are many opinions and news about society. With the society in "Harrison Bergeron", the government made everything equal and made sure no one felt defended by their age, intelligence, height, weight, and appearances.

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The narrator in the story is a detached narrator, since George isn't directly in the action. This point of view allows a better view of how people who have to wear handicap devices feel compared to people who are "normal". George's wife, who isn't handicapped, obviously doesn't realized how hard being handicapped is. She suggests that George take out his metal beads, and she says that she would like to have an earpiece.

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I find it a little bit weird that Instead of using it as a word that usually describes someone with a unwanted physical or mental problem , he uses it as a way to even out yet obviously some are still at a disadvantage .

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I think some of the technology could be possible by 2081 like he was saying, but maybe not as extreme. If the government or some organization didn't want us to know certain things, then the transmitters mentioned when it said "Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains" could eventually be used against us,

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I believe that the technology today that would serve the same purpose as dehumanizing people would be AirPods or microphones. George has an earpiece that limits his thinking ability. The story says, “Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.” This earpiece can be substituted as airpods, something that people today already have. Microphones could also be an equalizer because if one was really talented at singing, the microphones issued to the performer could make the vocalist sound as bad or normal as the rest of society.

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The characters act as if they are used to forced equality. George and Hazel act as it's not out of the ordinary whenever she forgets what happened or whenever he hears painful noises. They just think of it as normal. However, Harrison is against the rules of the society and he forces things against the government because of his disliking for the rules.

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All of the characters in the story believe that enforced equality is completely acceptable and fair. The thought of individuality and competition scare them so much that they would rather live their lives in equal misery. In lines 27-30 George believes that it is completely fair for himself to carry these many burdens and weights because he is smarter and stronger than the people around him. He would rather live uncomfortably than be any better than anybody else.

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In all the other paragraphs, the tone of the story is very matter-of-fact. The narrator just tells what happens and it's very down to earth. However, in 68-78, the author uses figurative and emotional language such as "an explosion of joy and grace". The word choice gives these paragraphs a feeling of freedom. while the rest of the story feels weighed down by restrictions.

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I agree,This suggest that before 2081 things were not nearly as equal, but now they solved that problem and everyone is " Equal"

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By calling himself the emperor he is suggesting that he is more powerful than everyone else. This eliminates the concept of total equality between all the people. "He flung away his rubber-ball nose, revealed a man that would have awed Thor, the god of thunder."

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the narrator is detached, because his presence isn't directly mentioned in the story. this perspective shows how people who are handicapped feel being compared to people who are "normal"

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When I first saw that the author used this word to describe the limitations the government put on people, I saw it as very offensive. I myself am not handicapped but I know many people that are, and I think it's ok that she used that word, but in our society now it has taken on a different meaning. She used it in the story to describe the restrictions that the government has put on citizens to strip their brains of all things normal and making it to where everyone is the same and everything is "equal".

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He resists because If he removed them he would be put into jail and fined. Also he says that if he could get away with it another people could get away with it. Then everyone wouldn't be equal again and they would be back in the dark ages.

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The story is written in an almost dull tone to display what the world has become now that everyone is "equal". The way the couple forgets even the simplest thoughts and can't really carry on a detailed conversation adds to the flat tone. When the author describes the ballerina and Harrison dancing, the story becomes free and more lighthearted. Line 73, "And then, in an explosion of joy and grace, into the air they sprang," really shows the weightlessness they felt without being held back.

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the word finally in the text suggests that equality had never been truly achieved before 2081. "they were equal every which way" shows that they had been trying for years to make everything exactly fair and equal and they finally just leveled the playing field by giving people with advantages disabilities.

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I find the first paragraph ironic because we have always been taught that everyone is unique or special in someway, however the story explains how everyone is "equal" but really everyone is just the exact same in almost every way.

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In this story normal and equal act the same because now the things that "make them equal" are apart of normal life. However to us it is not. They don't fully understand that it isn't normal so they can't understand that it's strange.

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The word finally indicates that the idea of equality is not completely achieved until the year 2081. The only way true equality can be made is if everyone had the same capabilities mentally and physically.

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He's implying that television and media is very scheduled and makes you think what it wants you to think. When it messes up, though, it does everything it can to make sure it's swept under the rug and forgotten about. "'I forgot,' she said. 'Something real sad on television.'"

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I think Harrison Bergeron could be depicting a very true reality that we may very well live in 2081. He starts off by saying “everybody was finally equal.” He then begins to list the ways that everyone is equal. He says,”They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else.” I believe we are already headed in this direction now. There is so much hate and difference in opinions in the world. If the government stepped in, it’s very possible they would try to limit the amount of knowledge we have. Throughout the story, every time George started to think too much about one thing, a loud noise would ring in his ear. He would forget what he was thinking about, and that happened for everyone who thought too much. I think Vonnegut is warning us to not let the government have that kind of control. We can't all be the same. Society just doesn’t work like that. We need to have values and ensure that our voices are heard. We need to be able to be knowledgeable about things going on around us. 

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The government could easily control us with our phones and airpods. Almost every teenager has a phone and is addicted to them. They could also issue phones and airpods to those who don’t have them . It wouldn’t be too hard to release a new update to our phones which could let the government show us whatever they wanted to. The airpods could also work the same as the handicap radio in the story.Like George said “he had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times.”The airpods would send out bursts of sound to scrabble our thoughts.

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Vonnegut implies that television and radio are too fast-paced and it causes people to have too much short term memory. In the story, television and radio are used to control those of above average intelligence. In a similar fashion, Vonnegut could be implying that the fast-paced commercials and advertisements of TV and radio cause people to not pay much attention to things and “hypnotize” people into buying products.

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Vonnegut implies that television and radio are too fast-paced and it causes people to have too much short term memory. In the story, television and radio are used to control those of above average intelligence. In a similar fashion, Vonnegut could be implying that the fast-paced commercials and advertisements of TV and radio cause people to not pay much attention to things and “hypnotize” people into buying products.

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These allusions utilize these supernatural, powerful figures to events and people in the story. Harrison Bergeron, through descriptions such as "tore the straps of his handicap harness like paper, tore straps guaranteed to support five thousand pounds", "bar snapped like celery", and "smashed his headphones and spectacles against the wall", depicts Harrison as an extremely strong person. Paragraph 59 concludes this description, saying that even Thor, a strong god, would be awed at the sight of Harrison. Furthermore, when the Handicapper General "came into the studio with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun", it shows how these characteristics are similar to that of the Roman goddess Diana, goddess of wild animals and hunt, and is alluded by the name of the Handicapper General, Diana. The Emperor, Harrison, and Empress, one of the ballerinas, represent wild animals that were hunted down by Diana.

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the word finally in the quote "The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal." is stating that equality was still troublesome all the years before 2081 and now everything is fair and literally everyone is the exact same.

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In the sentence, "The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal." , the word "finally" suggests that in the past, not everyone was equal and now they are after all that time.

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In the beginning of the story the passage says, "The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal." which relays the concept that equality was attainable but not yet grasped till 2081.

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There is irony in the first paragraph for several reasons. One is the clashing of the information and how it is being presented. The tone makes it sound like the news is great and well-awaited, "Everyone was finally equal." and again in the last sentence where it introduces the idea of a Handicapper General, contradicting the already established idea that everyone is completely equal. True equality would mean no one would have specialized jobs over others.

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He does not want to deal with the conicquices of trying to cheat the government.  ¨"Two years in prison and two thousand dollars fine for every ball I took out," said George. "I don't call that a bargain."¨

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The words "finally equal" which suggests that equality had only just been established in the year 2081

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The word finally suggests that the equality of opportunity finally got over looked by equality of outcome, in which their is no individualism.

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All of the characters are okay with the state of enforced equality because they are forced to be okay with it. From paragraph 25 to 32, George and Hazel both tell one another that they find the current state of the world not only acceptable, but preferable to what it was prior.

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The characters in the story feel that enforced total equality has been needed for awhile. It's better that everyone lives with the same burdens and joys than for people to be singled out. In the passage, George states that if he disobeys the law, then they'd be back to "everybody competing against everybody else" which is associated as a negative thing.

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At the beginning of the story it states, ¨The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal.¨ The word finally depicts that the people in this society took a long period of time to have equality amongst each other. Within the story, there are instances that demonstrate how everybody in the society has to be equal. For example, ¨She had to apologize at once for her voice, which was a very unfair voice for her to use.¨ Under strict guidelines like these, it would seem reasonable to take a while due to the fact every single person has to be considered ¨equal.¨

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The people believe that everyone must be given the same thing; equality but not equity. People that are stronger are weighed down, people that are prettier wear masks. This society believes this allows it to function better without the need for competition but is beyond disillusioned

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I feel like most of the characters in the  story believe that the equality is better , because George states that when everyone wasn't equal , they were in the dark ages. Meaning that in this story, life is better when everyone has the same rights.

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The characters support and follow the rules. Hazel urges George to take off a few pounds and he refuses because of the law. But Harrison challenges the law and everything about it.

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Harrison´s death and his parents´ reaction contributes to the story´s commentary on conformity and rebellion because we see how Harrison rebelled when he escaped jail and danced took his handicaps off, which soon got him brutally killed, and his parents has almost no reaction because they knew what he did was wrong, and they quickly just forgot about it and moved on in a matter of seconds. In this story, you either conform or die rebelling. There are no second chances.

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irony exists when the reality of a situation does not match expectations. How does the first paragraph contribute to the irony of this story?

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Everyone was normal, therefore, everyone was equal under the idea of simplicity. "They were equal in every which way" And the way this society handled that was by handicapping people to the lowest common denominator. "Perfectly average intelligence.

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The word "finally" suggests that everyone had not been 100% equal until 2081. "They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General."

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In the writing technology is a ¨benefit´´, as portrayed in the story. Apparently the tech prohibits anything above mediocracy.´´they were equal in every which way,´´ no matter how hard you try you can never make true equality.

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I believe that many devices from today could be used, such as earbuds to block our thinking, phones and webcams to keep a watch on us, and loud broadcasting to force our attention away from what's important.

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He claims that in the section where Hazel tells him to remove the handicap, he doesn't as there is a 2 year prison sentence as well as a $2,000 fee for each ball he takes out of the pouch. He also claims if he can get away with it, other people will be able to get away with it and then it will just spiral into pandemonium. (27)“Two years in prison and two thousand dollars fine for every ball I took out,” (29)“If I tried to get away with it,” said George, “then other people’d get away with it — and pretty soon we’d be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else.

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I think that the characters are not able to have any opinion of their own because of the government. It is all they know so they don't really question it, and just listen to what they are told. They are told that it is better that everyone is equal because it was referred to as ¨the dark ages¨.

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Harrison's death was quickly negated and forgotten by his own parents due to the extra handicaps that the government had given them. This is surprising as Harrison and his empress were described as Titans with the best, most superhuman traits and yet, they were shot down and quickly forgotten by his own parents. Starting a rebellion would be near to impossible when the government would just reset the world in the blink of an eye

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In the sentence, "The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal." the word "finally" suggest that it took a long time for equality to happen and it only occurred recently.

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If the story were written today, it would be a celebrity or a model. In the passage it says "and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face would feel like something the cat drug in." That implies that the ballerinas have an unfair advantage to others in the looks. Models ad celebrity usually get praised for their looks now a days.

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The death of Harrison and the reactions of his parents signify that rebellion doesn't mean anything in this specific world. No rebellion can grow big enough to sway the people against the government because there isn't much it could use as leverage. Rebellion will stay as tiny bursts and will never get going for the long run.

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The word "finally" suggests that they didn't have equality before. Their equality was an ongoing problem that they were just now able to solve.

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In the context of the story equal and normal are the same. That the normal thing is to be equal to everyone else. To be equal is to be normal

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I believe that technology is a detriment to society in the story. This is due to how the government uses technology to keep the people under their control. It is narrarated in the story, "Instead of a little ear radio for a mental handicap, he wore a tremedous pair of earphones, and spectacles with thick wavy lenses. The spectacles were intended to make him not only half blind, but to give him whanging headaches besides." (paragraph 44). This quote shows us how the officials used technology to "handicap" the people who were much more gifted in order to make society feel much more "equal". This would make it a negative factor to society, and people have all their thoughts controlled in order to prevent rebellion and disorder which in this case is something that would be neccessary in order for the people to repair society.

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I do find the usage of the term "handicap" a bit bothersome in the story because instead of being a person who has a disability,  it hinders a person's mental or physical ability.

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I think that technology is a detriment because it punishes people with abilities. The government has  a crazy idea that everyone has to exactly equal and while doing that they limit other peoples chance for success

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The word "finally" simply suggests that all people were portrayed the same way. The problem of not having equality had came to an end.

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The word "finally" simply suggests that all people were portrayed the same way. The problem of not having equality had came to an end.

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I found the author´s usage of the word handicap a bit offensive. The word handicap in the story is used to indicate that a person was intelligent or is good looking. I found the word ¨handicap¨ offensive because in the times we live in currently,¨handicap¨ is used to indicate a person who has some condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically or mentally or socially. I find it offensive that in the story they use the word to mean something so rude instead of something that should be rewarded.

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In the story, technology is essentially used to control the people and bring everyone down to the same level. 'And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains."

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The definition of equality in this story is very ironic. In the story they claim that everyone is equal, yet there is a very definition of equal in today's world. In the present day, we say equality is about raising people up to be equal and celebrating uniqueness. The story's definition of equal is bringing people down to a certain level of dull. They make people with intelect and remarkable talents normal and uninteresting so that everybody can be as normal as the rest of the world. In the quote "She must
have been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore was
hideous", they insituate that nobody can be better than anyone else, whether it's their physical characteristics or intelectual abilities.

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-The word "finally" is just referring to the people having the "same" life but at the same time equal.

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I'm also in favor of this idea since this implies that humanity struggled to be finally equal.