If a person tried to express their individualism, they were “treated”. People seen as unfairly advantaged over others were handicapped by weights attached to their bodies, visually impaired glasses, and mentally handicapped radios that disrupted the thought processes of people with above-average intelligence. Harrison Bergeron is the most advantaged of all and he escapes his imprisonment and declares himself emperor of a society that he considers so beneath his intelligence; only to be killed by the handicapping general of the United States. What is important in this story is the moment when he chooses his empress. He said: “Let the first woman who dares to rise claim her mate and her throne. » It encourages the desire to be free in an extremely oppressed society. The freedom he has chosen allows another to choose his in this space between response and stimulus. The question that arises is this: did death allow them to free themselves from this society? Freedom can mean many things to many different people. The only path to freedom was the grave, if he was ever given one. We learn here that freedom depends on