What is too Equal?: Evil Motivation of the Handicapper General 1. (TS) In “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, the dour Handicapper General has both internal and external motivations for killing Harrison Bergeron. 2. (Context + CD) When Bergeron is dancing with his new Empress Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General has internal motivation to kill Bergeron: “She fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor”(Vonnegut 5). 3. (AN) The Handicapper General’s internal motivations are to stay in power. 4. (AN) She, like so many ruler before her, with to continue being in charge. 5. (AN) Harrison Bergeron is challenging her authority, and, Harrison being so intelligent, athletic, and handsome, she deploys