1. Harrison Bergeron - Critical Essay
Hazel Bergeron is Harrison's mother and George's wife. ... The ending depicts just how beat down by society George and Hazel Bergeron are. ... George Bergeron is Harrison's father and Hazel's husband. ... "If I tried to get away with it," said George, "then other people'd get away with it-and pretty soon we'd be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else. ... By showing us the unhappiness of George's existence, Vonnegut asks us to question our own passivity and perhaps even our support for the laws of the land. ...
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