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Harrison

Harrison . seven feet tall 14 years old wearing a multitude of handicaps makes a daring escape from the jail breaks into the T V station gets rid of his handicaps wants to take over the world and be the emperor is shot by the Handicapper General .

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Harrison

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  1. Harrison • seven feettall • 14 yearsold • wearing a multitude of handicaps • makes a daringescapefromthejail • breaksintotheTVstation • getsrid of his handicaps • wantstotakeovertheworldand be theemperor • is shotbytheHandicapper General

  2. How has society changed by 2081? Everyone is expected to be everyone else. Government laws force those that are more gifted to wear handicaps. No one can share true feelings. Indeed, their handicap makes it hard for them to think about anything in detail for a long time. ( a society that has been equalized to the point that the lives of the characters are dull, uninteresting, and highly regulated. )

  3. George’sbeliefsaboutequality: darkages / competition / obeyingthelaws /handicaps

  4. Handicaps he is wearing: • a pair of earphones • thickglasseswithwavylenses (givinghim headaches) • a redrubberballclownnose • blackcaps on his teeth (tomakehimugly) • 300 pounds of scrap metal

  5. Diana MoonGlampers • theHandicapper General • ultimatelawenforcer • brutal/relentless/cruel • oppressiveregime (practicesthatproduceoppression)

  6. Sciencefiction A comment on present day society by examining an imaged future society in which competition and individuality have been eliminated – all individual differences are eliminated so that everyone is mediocre.

  7. Theme CLUES THAT ENABLE US TO MAKE INFERENCES

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