Comparing Fahrenheit 451 And Brave New World By Ray Bradbury

Science fiction is one of the most popular genres of today's world and it can teach some very valuable lessons about our lives, such as the importance of truth and being aware of our surroundings. Some prime examples of classic science fiction novels are Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Which will be referred to as 451) and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Which will be referred to as BNW). These books are both about dystopian societies which do not value human life. 451 and BNW teach the lesson that to be fully human you have to have respect for human lives and the lives of others. The dystopian society from 451 has no value in human life. There is a scene in the book where Guy Montag, the main character, is walking down the street

When they are talking about her social life she mentions, “I'm afraid of children my own age, they kill each other. Did it always used to be that way? My uncle says no. Six of my friends were shot in the last year alone." (Bradbury 27). This quote from Clarisse shows that this society values life very little, if six people in a close group of friends were to be shot all within the space of a year in today's society, it would be seen as a tragedy and there would be investigations. Apparently this is a common thing in future Chicago and there is no attention paid to it. The only character that cares is Clarisse who is also the only one who is shown having human emotions consistently. The second piece of evidence from 451 comes from a gathering at Montag’s house with his wife and a few of her friends, they are talking about life when one of them, Mrs. Phelps, says, “Pete and I always said, no tears, nothing like that. It's our third marriage... if I get killed off. You just go right ahead and don't cry, but get

In BNW society is genetically programmed and bred to be perfect and fit into specific ranks. This already shows that natural human life is not being respected, but the first quote proves this point further, "From the ranks of the babies came little squeals of excitement, gurgles, and twitterings of pleasure... Now we proceed to rub in the lesson with a mild electric shock." (Huxley 20-21). The background for this quote is that the workers at a breeding facility are teaching babies to not like books or flowers by giving them an electric shock when they try to touch them, therefore teaching them that books and flowers are bad. People in this society care less about properly raising a baby with love and more about raising a baby with efficiency. The second section that provides evidence to this point is later in the book when they are talking about the “9 years war” where society transitioned to genetic breeding, and they are talking about testing a newly developed experimental bomb on a museum filled with civilians, “Some bits of flesh and mucus, a foot, with the boot still on it, flying through the air, landing, flop, in the middle of the geraniums- the scarlet ones, what a show that summer!" (Huxley 48). Now, in the current day it is completely illegal to target civilians in any way, but they intentionally bombed them in this society with