In Kurt Vonnegut Jr's short story, "Harrison Bergeron," the reader is given a rather stark glimpse of a future where "everyone [is] finally equal." In this world, people are forced to live mediocre lives in order to be “equal.” At the climax of the story, the main character escapes from prison and is executed because he represents everything society should be. Although Vonnegut's valiant protagonist does not succeed in his attempt to "overthrow" the government, he succeeds in resurrecting things that have been eradicated from society; such as communication, beauty, dance, free will and love. After being apprehended and taken to prison, a 14-year-old genius named Harrison Bergeron escapes from prison and breaks into the local or national television studio. Harrison thus hopes to rekindle the ability to connect with other people as he stomps "clowning around and clowning around in the center of the studio" (201). What makes this action heroic in the eyes of the author and the reader too is not the fact that it...