Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was depicting the life and the struggles of African-Americans in the United States in the 1960's and not a futuristic, someday society in his short story Harrison Bergeron. Harrison Bergeron is really an account of a black who showed extra-ordinary talent and yet was shunned and suppressed by society because he was different and therefore regarded as dangerous. Vonnegut, Jr., who was named one of 100 AUTHORS WHO SHAPED WORLDHISTORY (Perkins 84), often used …showed first 75 words of 2540 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2540 total…the downfall of one of the greatest activists. Just like his story, when Harrison was shot and killed by the Handicapper General Diana Moon Glampers. It is said that Martin Luther King Jr. was killed by the government. It just goes to show that people have to fight for what they want no matter the consequences. If King had not done what he did the chapter AFreedom and Responsibility@ would not have been the same.