1. In Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. tells a cautionary tale. One that warns of the dangers of a total and genuine equal society. A society so equal in access to information that an omniscient narrator is needed to tell the whole story. A society so equal in intelligence that it is almost non-existent. A society so equal in freedom that no one has it. Harrison Bergeron's story warns that when equal opportunity is confused with equal ability, society as a whole will suffer. The first reason for this thesis derives from the point of view used in the story. The point of view exemplified is that of the third person, more specifically of the one who is omniscient. The message of the story cannot be conveyed from the first person, due to the fact that virtually everyone in it is not only unable, but unwilling to understand the true nature of their surroundings.3-4. The need for an omniscient narrator is reinforced by one of the first lines of the story. "Hazel had perfectly average intelligence[...]she couldn't think[...]except in short bursts."(119) In today's world, average intelligence means you're not too smart, but not exactly stupid either. If the ability to think only for short periods is average, then the majority of the population is hopelessly stupid. The other stage of the unreliability of first-person narration comes from the example of George's character. George is described as “way above the norm” (119) in terms of intelligence. As a result, the government hampers him with headphones that scatter his thoughts every few seconds. Due to this constant torture, George cannot remember or think about anything. Worse, he is fully complicit in all of this... middle of paper... defying the laws of literally everything, General Handicapper kills them both with a "ten gauge double barrel shotgun". .” From all these fragments of the unfreedom America that the people of 2081 live in, it is obvious that the community as a whole suffers when freedom is exchanged for happiness.11. When you confuse ability with opportunity, society is to blame. When freedom is traded for happiness, society is to blame. When total equality is achieved, there will be no more conquests. It is obvious from this story that total equality dwarfs everything. It causes complicity in stupidity. It causes arrogance in those who are above the fray. This paves the way for authoritarian corruption under the guise of “perservation”. What the story of Harrison Bergeron, more specifically Kurt Vonnegut, tells us is a warning. And you have to listen to it.