Both the book and movie of "Harrison Bergeron" follow the same basic story of a man who overcame his handicap to make others aware of the outrageous government. I liked both works but I found the movie much easier to understand and follow along with.
In the movie, it was easy to see how the handicaps affected the strong by making them weak and the beautiful by making them less pretty. I also liked how the movie showed the detail of how everyone was frightened by Harrison when he entered the ballet. It made him intimidating, even to the viewer. The movie differed from the book in that Harrison controls the people at the ballet by hiding a bomb and extra connections to the broadcast to create a more powerful character. Harrison uses both of these to make sure his message is known to all the people at the ballet and even the people watching from their televisions at home.
The book featured more little details so you could create a visual in your head of what the settings and characters looked like and how they acted. What I really liked about the book was the dancing scene between Harrison and the ballerina. They both danced all across the stage and got so high that they "kissed the ceiling." I really wish the movie would have also shown this since it was my favorite scene from the book.
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