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Utopia vs. Harrison Bergeron In Utopia and “Harrison Bergeron”, everything is supposed to be perfect; at least so they think so. No society will ever be perfect, due to the fact that too many effects will get in the works of a perfect society. There is a lot of absurdity in the stories, which are used to show how foolish the idea of equality is having the example of exaggerating the setting and the characters. This is very absurd because, the idea of riches is different, the equality of people will never be equal, the way the people get married, and also how the hero is never remembered. To start off with there are far too many people in Utopia that they have no material wealth. An example is when the ambassador came to Utopia. “ ‘Look mother! See that big fool who wears pearls and gems, as if her were a little boy!’ And then she would say seriously, ‘Hush my boy, I think he is one of the ambassadors’ fools.” This is a prime example where the idea of riches for the ambassador, is equal to the idea of toys and worthless items for the peopl