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Comparing Fahrenheit 451 And 1984 By Ray Bradbury

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Introduction How would you feel living in a society that was completely government controlled? The characters in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and 1984 by George Orwell lived in societies that had many rules placed by the government. Although Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 are both extremely different novels, both of these novels have very similar character development, loss of individuality and technology. Body Paragraph #1- Similar Character Development The character development in Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 is strikingly similar in which they both have a main protagonist who doesn’t like the views of society, an antagonistic boss as well as a female protagonist who leads the main character. . In Fahrenheit 451, the protagonist, Guy Montag, …show more content…

In Fahrenheit 451, the society had many rules . People couldn’t read books or even have them in their possession. Without books, they would have no knowledge and without knowledge to form an opinion, they don't have any no individualism. In 1984, there were even more rules. They couldn’t make love or show any pleasure, they couldn't write in a diary and all of the written documents were altered to fit in with the views of the party. For example, Big Brothers main slogan was “ War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery , Ignorance is strength” This shows that the party wanted the people be more ignorant , have less freedom and to not care about the wars that were going on. The government is suppressed the people by making sure they don’t key into what was really going on. Another way that the characters in these novels lose their individuality is memories. In Fahrenheit 451, people don't remember important memories. An example of this when Guy realizes that him and Mildred couldn’t remember where they first met “ And suddenly she was so strange he couldn't believe he knew her st all.” ( Chapter 1 Page 42) By suppressing these memories, people aren’t able to form close relationships with anyone else. In 1984, Winston lets go of his childhood memories, dismissing them as “ false memories” . Him dismissing these memories shows the amount of control that …show more content…

For instance, in Fahrenheit 451, There was a mechanical hound that was used by the government to stop anyone who was being rebellious. The hound was very fast and agile and it could inject poison in anyone who does something that didn’t fit in with the views of society. Using technology to hurt people to stop them from being rebellious was also prevalent in 1984. Winston was tortured by technology after him and Julia were taken into the Ministry of Love. The government tortured Winston by beating him and showed him his greatest fear. O’Brien also used an immensely painful device called “the dial” ( find page number) which O’Brien used to increase the pain during Winston’s questioning sessions. When the needle got to around 70-75, he finally cracked and has been fully brainwashed by the government into believing the views of society. Technology is also used to control and manipulate the people of these societies. In Fahrenheit 451, The tv’s are used to brainwash and control the people. Mildred loves interacting with the people in the tv parlour "Will you turn the parlour off?" he asked. "That's my family." Mildred said .( Bradbury, Pg 25) The government used technology to manipulate the people in Montag’s society from seeing what’s wrong. In 1984, the government used technology to control what people in this society are doing at all times. An example of this is how the government placed cameras in everyone’s

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The book Fahrenheit 451 was turned into a movie which included many similarities and differences from the book. The biggest difference was Clarisse in general because she was a teacher instead of a student, she never died when it was said she did, and her overall character was a little off due to these simple changes. There was also no war in the movie, which made it so that there was no bombing at the end so the city wasn’t destroyed. Faber also wasn’t in the movie, although he was a major character in the book because of his influence over Montag. While there were many differences there were also similarities, but they were mostly small details.

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Dystopian Future Ever wondered what a dystopian future under totalitarian rule would look like and what the people in it would do and feel? Welcome to Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and 1984 by George Orwell. Winston from 1984 and Montag from Fahrenheit 451 live in terrible dystopian future were commonplace things like reading and even thinking are outlawed, these two characters in there respected book represent rebellion against government. They also must keep their secrets to themselves because of the danger it presents, the point of these characters is to defeat the totalitarian rule and create a new and fair government. The purpose of Winston and Montag is to defeat to afowl governments they have and replace them with new fair governments.

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The government had a lot of regulations on the people in this society and because of that they lost their freedom to think for themselves and could only think what the government would allow them to think. They justified this because it made it so that no one would be better than any other person. They valued equality over individuality. In Fahrenheit 451 the government restricts the ownership and reading of books.

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Both Fahrenheit 451 and Hunger Games show characteristics of Dystopian in their stories. Dystopian is a futuristic, imagined universe where societal control and the illusion of a perfect society have disrupted. It basically shows how the society went from being perfect to completely changing into something different. Fahrenheit 451 and Hunger Games show that; information, independent thought, & freedom are restricted; a figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society; and citizens are perceived under constant surveillance. Information, independent thought and freedom are restricted is a major characteristic in both works.

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Both Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and Put it Away by Marianne Waud (2014) demonstrate the theme of technology and modernization. In Fahrenheit 451, Montag and the other firemen are brought to burn his house and he sees Mildred, who pressed the alarm, as she “shoved the valise in the waiting beetle, climbed in, and sat mumbling, ‘Poor family, poor family, oh everything gone, everything gone now’” (Bradbury 108). The theme of technology and modernization is shown through Mildred, who gets Montag in trouble. Instead of worrying about him, she worries about her tv parlour family, verifying that she values it over him.

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In Ray Bradbury and Suzanne Collins’s dystopian novels Fahrenheit 451 and The Hunger Games, their protagonists Guy Montag and Katniss Everdeen shared evident similarities. If closely looked at further, a couple of differences can be spotted as well. Although one may notice a few differences between the protagonists in Fahrenheit 451 and The Hunger Games, there are actually more similarities than one may realize, such as both protagonists conform to the dystopian society in the beginning but object to it in the end, both create alliances along the way, and they are both confused about their relationships. In the two dystopian novels Fahrenheit 451 and The Hunger Games, their protagonists Guy Montag and Katniss Everdeen do have a couple of differences.

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Countless themes were present in the book Fahrenheit 451. One of the more prominent, however, is the theme of conformity. There are several examples of this in the novel, such as the government changing history so that people don’t question the firefighters and go against the flow. Also, all throughout the book, the government is causing people to think the same way and conform to the way the government wants them to be through the television and seashell radio. Another example is conformity being forced on the citizens by the mechanical hound and the severe punishments for not following the rules.

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Finally, citizens conform to uniform expectations though individuals and dissent are bad. In Fahrenheit 451 a dystopian setting is seen through the restriction of information, independent thought, and freedom. In the society of Fahrenheit 451, the government looks down upon those who read books,

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The differences and similarities between the book’s society and our modern day society really bulged out at me while I was reading the book ‘Fahrenheit 451’. In Fahrenheit 451, books are banned. And instead of having firemen that put out fire, the firemen start the fire to burn down books and houses. There are many differences and similarities between our modern day society and the the society in the book ‘Fahrenheit 451’. Such as our Government, Technology, and Behavior.

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