Comparing Dystopia In Fahrenheit 451 And The Hunger Games

In both Fahrenheit 451 and the Hunger Games movie, dystopia is displayed. Dystopia, defined as a futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control, plays a prominent role in both the movie and the book. Dystopia often deceives people living in these strict and controlled environments and oftentimes is not even noticed by the citizens. This is because this kind of environment is really all that they are accustomed to and they think that they have the best government because that is what they were raised into. Great examples of dystopia being displayed are in the book Fahrenheit 451 and the movie

An example of that is when Montag was being chased after. They broadcasted the police tracking him so that people could watch it and get entertainment out of it. It made their government look better. In addition, their environment and information are restricted. They are not allowed to read most books because of the government’s fear of them acquiring too much information and rebelling. Not only are things restricted, citizens are under constant surveillance. The Mechanical Hound is in charge of making sure that citizens do not have books. If they are found to have them, their houses get burned down. There are so many distractions in the society that none of the citizens know or care what is going on in other countries. One of the distractions that is used are the parlor walls. The government plays pointless shows and video clips that are used to distract the citizens so that they do not think about how odd their environment and government is. One more example of dystopia in Fahrenheit 451 is through the banning of individuality.

In this movie, dystopia is the reason for the actual hunger games themselves. This is because dystopia is used in a way that creates propaganda. They have the citizens watch the hunger games as a source of entertainment. This, or so they think, distracts all of the citizens from worrying about how odd their government may be compared to other governments throughout the world. They make the hunger games seem like a very cool thing that should be celebrated when in reality, it is very sad because lots of teenagers are dying. In addition, freedom is restricted. In one of the scenes, Katniss is shown in the forest and has to climb a fence in order to secretly get in the woods to hunt for animals. The citizens of this society are not allowed past certain points and their government is separated into twelve different districts that all serve different purposes. Another way that dystopia is displayed is through citizens being under constant surveillance. Especially during the hunger games, there are secret cameras planted everywhere to watch the tributes and their every move. While this government is perceived to be “perfect”, there are lots of flaws that are being hidden from the citizens. While the tributes are preparing for the hunger games, they are starting to recognize these flaws in their own government and seeing how they are literally right under their noses and they did not notice them before. This is because