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read the excerpt from harrison bergeron.
he tried to think a little about the ballerinas. they werent really very good-no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. they were burdened with sash-weights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in. george was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldnt be handicapped.
this excerpt best illustrates kurt vonneguts message that
everyone in a society should have equal talent and beauty.
advances in technology should be closely monitored.
television viewing limits individual thought and creativity
absolute equality prevents personal freedoms of expression
The excerpt shows ballerinas handicapped (with sash - weights, birdshot bags, masked faces) to achieve equality. George's thought that dancers "shouldn't be handicapped" implies that this extreme equality (making everyone average) restricts their natural abilities (like free and graceful gestures, showing beauty). It's not about everyone having equal talent (they are made less talented), not about technology monitoring (no mention of tech monitoring in this context), and not about TV limiting thought (no TV mention here).
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absolute equality prevents personal freedoms of expression