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• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Vonnegut, Kurt. Harrison Bergeron. Novels & Stories 1950-1962. Penguin Random House, Inc., 2012. Third Printing.

• Harrison Bergeron is featured on Pages 763-769.

• Harrison Bergeron is a science fiction short story written in 1961.

• The short story is written in past tense and is told from a from a third-person point of view.

• The short story takes place in a dystopian future in the year 2081.

• Everyone in society is made to be equal in every way.

• The 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution ensured that nobody had an advantage over anyone else.

• The agents of the United States Handicapper General enforced laws that made everyone equal regarding intelligent, appearance, and abilities.

• In April, H-G men took 14-year-old Harrison away from his parents, George and Hazel Bergeron.

• It was a sad event, but George and Hazel...

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