Harrison Bergeron Competition Quotes

Here, Hazel illustrates a seemingly innocuous way to reward competition: a raise. This must mean that raises still exist in this society… which means that some sort of capitalism does as well, and different people make different wages. Perhaps in the workplace people still aren't that equal after all.

We would love to see what American Idol would be like in 2081. It might have us actually longing for the days of J. Lo and Steven Tyler. (Although it'd probably be confined to the worst auditions.)

Normally this would be a great success story, like double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius. But in this world, it's frightening.