The story was about a society where all the people who aren't mentally and physically retarded are artificially made retarded, in order to make everyone "equal". This is done by attaching weights to their bodies so they can't move easily, forcing them to wear headphones that make painfully loud noises to they can't think easily, etc. The story focused on one man and woman, and their son who is a criminal because he is incredibly handsome and intelligent. They see him on TV one night, and he breaks off all the chains that the government of the story has disabled him with, takes a ballerina who is as beautiful as he is, and begins to dance beautifully. Then some government people come on camera, shoot him and the girl, and act like it never happened. It ends with his parents not even remembering him because of the impairments the government has put on them.
The story was sad but really deep. I read it in one of the Junior Great Books. Does anyone know the name of this story??
2006-11-06
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