In this quirky story a lot is being told, although he is sending us one message in particular. Difference and rights are important. Making everyone in the world equal is not necessarily a good thing. By the end of the story Harrison had freedom and rights but in the a flash he regressed and was killed by the handicap general. In our world today I believe equality is impossible. It is so important that we have people both higher than us and below us. We need someone to guide us and we can help guide the people below us. I don't believe the world woud still go round without different levels in society. In this short story they try to make everybody equal by taking away the good things in people. The handicaps people were given didn't give them any freedom or rights and just seemed to make everything a lot worse. For example George couldn't think about a thing for more than 20 seconds as his handicaps disabled him to do this. Do we really want to live in a world like this? I believe the answer for most of us would be no. The way we shape our identity is through the things we are both good and bad at. This is the message I believe he is trying to send us in this story.
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