The year is 2081. Due to Amendments 211, 212, and 213 to the Constitution, all Americans are fully equal, meaning no one is dumber, uglier, more weak or slower than anyone else. other. The Handicapper General and a team of agents ensure that equality laws are applied. One April, fourteen-year-old Harrison Bergeron was taken from his parents, George and Hazel, by the government. George and Hazel are not fully aware of the tragedy. Hazel's lack of awareness is due to average intelligence. In 2081, those with average intelligence are unable to think for long periods of time. George does not understand this tragedy because the law requires him to carry a radio twenty-four hours a day. The government broadcasts noise on these radios to interrupt the thoughts of intelligent people like George. Hazel and George watch ballerinas dancing on TV. Hazel is crying, but she doesn't remember why. She notices the beauty of the dance. For a few moments, George thought about the dancers, weighed down to thwart their grace and masked to thwart their beauty. They were handicapped so viewers wouldn't feel bad about their own appearance. Because of their disabilities, the dancers are not very good. A noise interrupts George's thoughts. Two of the dancers on screen also hear the noise; apparently they are intelligent and must also carry radios. Hazel says she would like to hear the noises that disabled people make up. George looks skeptical. If she were Handicapper General, Hazel said, she would create a carillon to use on Sundays, which she said would produce a religious effect. The narrator explains that Hazel strongly resembles Diana Moon Glampers, Handicapper Gen...... middle of paper ......nducts, waving some musicians in the air like batons, and sings. They try again and do better. After listening to the music, Harrison and his empress dance. Defying gravity, they move through the air, flying thirty feet to the ceiling, which they kiss. Then, still in the air, they kiss. Diana Moon Glampers enters the studio and kills Harrison and the Empress with a shotgun. Pointing the gun at the musicians, she orders them to put on their handicaps. The Bergerons' screen turns off. George, who left the room to get a beer, returns and asks Hazel why she is crying. She says something sad happened on TV, but she doesn't remember exactly what. He advises her not to remember sad things. A noise echoes in George's head and Hazel says it sounded like a doozy. He says she can repeat that, and she repeats that it looked ridiculous..