Consider the physical traits and personality traits of Harrison, in the short story, "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Why is he considered a...

Harrison, inJr.'s
short story, "," is considered a threat to the society he lives in for a few reasons.
First of all, his physical strength surpasses just about anyone's.  He has been held down by all
kinds of physical contraptions to keep that strength at bay, but in the story, he easily rips
off his "handicaps" and proceeds to rip off those of the ballerina and musicians, too.
His physical strength alone is enough to worry the people of power in his society where everyone
is supposed to be "equal in every way."  However, not only is Harrison big and strong,
he is also highly intelligent, and this is an even bigger threat to his society. He, if given
the chance, can tell people what is going on, he can explain that by being "equal,"
they are not equal at all, that they are oppressed and all opportunities have been taken away
from them. Sadly, in this story, Harrison is killed off before he has the chance to explain this
to the people of this oppressive society. 

"'Even as
I stand here--' he bellowed, 'crippled, hobbled, sickened--I am a greater ruler than any man who
ever lived! Now watch me become what I can become!'" (Vonnegut
6)

Harrison knows he is smarter and stronger than
everyone else. He knows what the rest of society does not - he is much more than what the
authorities want him, and everyone else, to think he is.