Comparing Fahrenheit 451 And Anthem By Ayn Rand

According to the website dictionary.com a Dystopia can be defined as, “a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding” (Random House). Throughout the world there are thousands upon thousands of dystopian novels. People all around the world are attracted to these types of novels, especially modern day teenagers. These teens are attracted to them because they can easily relate to the novel itself and the characters in the novel. Teens can relate to these books easily because they often feel oppressed and overcrowded. People in general also have great feeling for dystopian novels not just teenagers, but mostly teenagers in this case. Fahrenheit 451 by: Ray Bradbury and Anthem by: Ayn Rand are two dystopian novels that modern day teenagers can relate to. To start things off with Anthem by: Ayn Rand is a good example of a dystopian novel. An excerpt from Anthem that shows how

A quote showing that Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel is, “They had this machine.” (Bradbury14) One way that Fahrenheit 451 is dystopian is that they are told what to do and how to do it. This is why main character Guy Montag rebels against the fire department. Modern day teenagers relate to this very well because they hate being told what to do, in turn making the teenagers also want to be rebellious. Another way teenagers can relate to Fahrenheit 451 is because some people feel something is very wrong with the world that they live in, almost like they are living in a virtual reality which they are. The ones who feel something is wrong are usually the ones who disobey the rules and rebel. Some teenagers are like Guy Montag, in Fahrenheit 451 because they want to rebel and disobey the status quo. Clearly, modern day teenagers can relate to Fahrenheit 451 by: Ray Bradbury, along with Anthem by: Ayn Rand, because they want to be rebellious and