What is a major theme of “harrison bergeron”? certain restrictions on personal freedoms are necessary. everyone should be totally identical in every way. technology can be used to control people. the average person in modern society is not very smart.

A major theme of "Harrison Bergeron", by Kurt Vonnegut, is Technology can be used to control people. It is the year 2081 and the U.S. Constitution has been amended to prevent intelligent or beautiful people from feeling better than others. They wear masks or carry weights, they are handicapped. This is done in the name of equality. All citizens have to be equal. Here technology is used to control people in every possible way.

Technology can be used to control people.

Explanation:

Transmitters are used “to keep people like George [Harrison's father] from taking unfair advantage of their brains.”

the pronoun reference replaces a noun, but you have to make sure there's no room for confusion.

in the first sentence "her" could be referring to shely or to the sister. the answer there is "shelly called her sister and told her about the new baby."

in the second sentence "it" could be referring to the roof or the floor. the answer there is "since the roof leaks on the family room floor, we need to repair the roof."