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Similarities Between 2081 And 1984

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There are some obvious differences when looking at protagonists in the worlds of Fahrenheit 451, 2081, and 1984. Compare those worlds to modern American society, and there will most likely be more, hidden deep within the recesses of their own minds in their own imaginations. The members of these messed-up worlds are so messed-up themselves, they can’t see how messed-up their world is. There are definite similarities and differences between these three very different worlds and modern America. In 2081, for example, they say how handicaps is anyone who are better than anyone else. In modern America though, handicaps are members of society who have something physically or mentally wrong with them. This isn’t right, but carbon-based lifeforms won’t know if the authors were right until 2081.

In the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, war is something that is not uncommon. It happens every night, with the planes just dropping bombs over and over and one more time. “A radio hummed somewhere. …”War may be declared any hour. This country stands ready to defend …show more content…

They were not loyal to a party or a country or an idea, they were loyal to one another.” My textual evidence to support my claim is this; “The workers are human beings,” he said aloud. “We are not human” (Smith 165). It seems that Winston knows that his world is dystopian, but he accepts it how it is, because he realizes that he can’t do anything about it. This compares to modern American society very well because the individuals in this world know that something is wrong with it, but it involves a higher power than them, so they can’t change it. They know that what 2081’s government is doing is wrong, but they can’t really do anything about it because these individuals are just normal citizens and the government doesn’t care what citizens of society want anyway, so what’s the

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