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Imagine living in a society where everyone is mentally, physically, and socially equal. Americans have been trying to have racial and gender equality for many years. Ideally this would be a great idea. In the short story, “Harrison Bergeron” written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. the society that he created is living to the first amendment that everyone is created equally. But, has it been taken to the extreme? In the story is said that the intelligent, strong, and beautiful must wear a handicap that consist of earphones, heavy weights, and ugly masks. Therefore Vonnegut makes his point, “Everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal in every which way” (Vonnegut 1). In today’s society everyone is free and nobody is equal. A student from an English class stated, “Equality is a great idea […] however, absolute equality is another issue in which too much of a good thing