Harrison Bergeron is an intriguing, dystopian short story. Basically, there is finally equality and everyone are equal. The smart people wear hearing devices, so when they think about something deeply, a loud noise will ring, maligning them forget what they were just thinking about. They call these type of people “handicapped” people. Only the truly dumb people aren’t “handicapped,” like George’s wife. As I was reading, I noticed how it was written in 3rd person. I liked how 0the narrator didn’t distinguish himself/herself, and used simple language. There was no fancy vocabulary used, yet the story was still appealing, and suspenseful.
When reading a short story, there’s 3 different type of level questions. Level one would be questions that can be answered when referring back to the story. There’s always a right answer. Level two requires analysis and interpretation. Lastly, Level three is open-ended and goes beyond the context. An example of level 3 could be themes. When reading Harrison Bergeron, I could generate all 3 levels of questions.
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