Read the excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron."

“You been crying?” he said to Hazel.

“Yup,” she said.

“What about?” he said.

“I forget,” she said. “Something real sad on television.”

“What was it?” he said.

“It’s all kind of mixed up in my mind,” said Hazel.

“Forget sad things,” said George.

“I always do,” said Hazel.

How does this interaction between George and Hazel develop Kurt Vonnegut’s social criticism?

A) It demonstrates potential problems that occur in a competitive relationship.
B) It illustrates the need for maintaining equality in a society.
C) It suggests that women are more emotional than men.
D) It shows how technology can dehumanize and desensitize people.

Vonnegut shows an scene in which Hazel is crying about "something real sad on television" however she can't remember exactly why she is crying. Finally, George advices her to forget about it to what she replies that she always does. In other words, technology, in this case TV, can make one feel instantaneously sad however one aims to forget it and move on. Therefore, technology is dehumanizing people by creating instantaneous moments of sadness that one quickly forgets.