Harrison Bergeron: Story vs. Movie

Harrison Bergeron: Story vs. Movie

Both the movie and the story of Harrison Bergeron had many similarities, yet also many differences. Most of the movie had the same details as the story. The news reporter had a stutter, Harrison escaped from prison, broke into the dance studio, and danced with a ballerina, and Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, kills both of them on live television. The characters, setting, and general idea were also the exact same, but it would be pointless to make a movie based on a story without the actual stories general plot. 

There were actually quite a few differences in the story. When Hazel tells her husband George that she would make a good Handicapper General, George, in the story, tells her, "Just as good as anyone", but in the movie, he just tells her "Yeah, you would." Also, instead of birdshot bags padlocked around their waists and necks, they just have steel weights tied around their arms, chests, and legs. In the story, the news reporter broadcasted directly from the dance theater and had a ballerina take over for him, due to his excessive stuttering. In the movie, they were in a news station, and another news reporter came in and did the story for the stuttering reporter. 

When Harrison broke into the theater, he threatened everyone in the theater with a bomb, or so they all thought. The so-called 'bomb' was actually a device to bring back the live broadcast, since he knew the cameramen would turn it off. When the Handicapper General came in and shot Harrison and the ballerina, everyone in the theater and watching on television saw her, and that's exactly what Harrison wanted. So, in the story, it was Hazel who saw Harrison get killed while George went to get a beer, but in the movie, George saw Harrison get killed while Hazel was doing the dishes.