Egalitarianism In Harrison Bergeron

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"Harrison Bergeron" offers vigorous political and social criticisms of both America in general and the America. The political system depicted in story is base on the principles of egalitarianism, which holds that people should be equal in every way, and story show the comparison of real society and society in story, which reflect the equal is create base on the polities of communist, and the story also show the people are numb about what happen and they were treated. The story irony reflect the society, and criticize the
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