Characters
What were the handicaps used for in the short story "Harrison Bergeron"?
What is to make everyone exactly equal?
Find an example of simile in "Harrison Bergeron".
Multiple answers; must use "like" or "as" to compare two things.
What does Harrison do the moment he enters the ballet studio?
He rips off all of his handicaps
Who put the handicap amendments in place?
Who is the Handicapper General?
Find an example of personification in "Harrison Bergeron".
Multiple answers; must give human like traits or behaviors to nonhuman things
Why is the ballet show interrupted? What is the interruption about?
What is a newscast about Harrison's prison break?
What changes allowed everyone to be made equal?
What are the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments to the Constitution?
Find an example of allusion in "Harrison Bergeron".
Multiple answers; must make a reference to a well-known person, place, art, idea etc.
What happened to Harrison and the ballerina near the end?
What is shot during a dance?
Where was Harrison sent at just 14 years old? Why?
Jail, because of his abilities.
List three handicaps seen in "Harrison Bergeron". Which ability do they neutralize?
What are Headphones for intelligence, masks for beauty, and weights for strength.
What literary device is used in this example?
“Hazel, as a matter of fact, bore a strong resemblance to the Handicapper General, a woman named Diana Moon Glampers.”
What is allusion
What is the main conflict of Harrison Bergeron (type AND explain)
Person vs. Society; Harrison is taken away and handicaps are used against the people so they do not have to be a threat to society.
Harrison and his parents live in this type of society.
What is a dystopian society
Name two examples of people in the text who exist without handicaps. Explain why for both.
Hazel. Her lack of handicaps are because she is "perfectly average" and the Handicapper General Diana Moon Glampers, who uses her sharpshooter skills for the government.
What is a central idea in "Harrison Bergeron"?
Teacher discretion :)