Question

Read the excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron." The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General. The author is describing a society that is

Answer 1

The answer is A) Uniform

Answer 2

The author is describing a society that is uniform.

Uniformity, or perfect equality in every way, was achieved through the passage of laws that ensured it. Everyone in this new society was equally smart, equally good-looking and equally strong. However, the problem that the story presents is that this equality was only achieved by lowering everyone's capacities to the lowest common denominator. This meant that people who were naturally good-looking, smart and capable had to be handicapped in some way in order not to outshine others. The work tries to force the reader to decide how important equality really is, and whether it is worth pursuing at any cost.