Reading Response to "Harrison Bergeron"

     Harrison Bergeron is about a story the family of three important characters: Harrison, George, and Hazel. George has an issue in his ears, or a handicap. Everyone in the society is smarter than Hazel but to keep it equal, the "average" goes down to Hazel's level. So technically Hazel is "average". Harrison is the weirdest out of these characters because of his appearance. Although he is only fourteen, he is very tall and smart. But he was thrown into jail for suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. Now the questions that come up in mind can be quite common but also something that other people might also want to ask. How did Harrison become that tall and genius? Why did he decide to do what he did to take himself to a jail? If Harrison is that smart, then what is going on for Hazel? Also, most importantly, why did the author try to use these facts into the plot?
     "Harrison Bergeron" explains deeply about the "equality". People have different opinions about equalities which the story shows. Some people might say that it's not "equal" for the government to bring down the "average" just because Hazel is in the lowest point. This story strongly shows that some of the things in our lives shouldn't be "equal" in order to keep it "equal.