What line is the phrase "In the race of life, Harrison carried three hundred pounds" in the story?

Vonnegut
describesas looking like a "walking junkyard" as his cumbersome handicaps hang from
his body without their typical military neatness. In addition to the extraordinary amount of
weight on his body, Harrison wears a "tremendous" pair of earphones and thick wavy
glasses that impair his vision. Vonnegut then writes, "In the race of life, Harrison
carried three hundred pounds" (3). Vonnegut is figuratively comparing life to a race and
describing the total weight of Harrison Bergeron's handicaps, which weigh three hundred pounds.
The oppressive government has forced Harrison Bergeron to wear three hundred pounds of
cumbersome handicaps for the remainder of his life in order to make him completely equal with
the rest of America's population. In Vonnegut's futuristic, dystopian American society, complete
uniformity is required and enforced by the agents of the Handicapper General. Since Harrison is
an impressive physical specimen, he is required to wear an extraordinary amount of weights to
impair his above-average physical capabilities.