At the end of the story, Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, shoots Harrison and the ballerina because of their rebellion against the system of equality in the society. Harrison’s mother and father are watching the scene unravel on their television at home. George Bergeron gets up to get a beer at the point where Harrison strips off his handicaps and soars to the ceiling, light as air, with the ballerina. Hazel witnesses the death...
At the end of the story, Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, shoots Harrison and the ballerina because of their rebellion against the system of equality in the society. Harrison’s mother and father are watching the scene unravel on their television at home. George Bergeron gets up to get a beer at the point where Harrison strips off his handicaps and soars to the ceiling, light as air, with the ballerina. Hazel witnesses the death of her son, but by the time George comes back with his beer, she has already forgotten what just happened.
The citizens of this society are handicapped to suppress their individual talents and abilities; therefore, they live a life designed by the government to make everyone equal. Harrison’s noble gesture of rebellion has no effect on the lives of his parents so we can assume there is no effect on the rest of the society as well.
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