Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Firstly from a symbolic point of view, Harrison stands for a symbol of rebellion and freedom. The author created a very different character in order to contrast with the rest of society. Harrison is a courageous, brave character as he dared to take off the transmitters, remove his sashweights, his rubber nose, his wavy spectacles and escape from jail. Even though he knew that he was going to get killed in the move.

This killing goes unaware by his parents, George and Hazel. As George wears a transmitter, we can infer that he is kind of smart, Hazel in contrast has the "perfectly average intelligence", or in other words she is just stupid enough to be controlled. I feel sorry for them because they cannot do something in regard with his son. That strong sense of supposed equality created another problem, indifference towards a loved being. Just forget sad things, they are not good. Come on! his son got killed!, they did not even recognize his SON.

Mr. Crow:
Wow, that's awful! wait a moment isn't that what's happening here in Mexico? Let's see, the story has symbols. The transmitters stand for the media. The sashweights represent the obstacles. The masks show a repressed society that hides its feelings behind a screen of fear and fright set up by the government. Now here in Mexico the media is represented by Televisa (the governement's channel). for example how undignified the government has went that it promoted the candidate for a certain political party in a soap opera (hint: the candidate is quite small and reckless) then he promoted a certain reform with TV interviewers that barely know how to repeat what said in the earphone. The sashweights or obstacles are easy to identify: corruption (the big monster that has destroyed the country), bureaucracy in every ministry of the State. Then the masks, the army that rapes old ladies (Songolika), the pseudopolice, so the society is afraid of what might happen either they mug you, or kidnap you or a militar rapes you. The society can't speak up.
The government in an attempt to create equal beings has created the opposite effect. Who are the ones that try to make equal oportunities? Politicians, are they equal to a street vendor or a taxi driver. Surely not. One true aspect is that government is trying to make more stupid people that won't know its past and as a consequence they won't understand the present and won't predict the future. Just as Aristotle would say.
But what is that for? Get more advantages, steal more, take wrong decisions.
Vonnegut is trying to say: " pay attention, if not you'll get manipulated" just like the society in the story that is unaware of its condition. All the contrary they feel better being equal, no more competition, no more arts, no more diversity of opinions...