A utopia; a place of utter perfection. Where the people of society live together in harmony. Communities that lack what they have yearn for their idealism. It is almost a shame that what they have is impossible to achieve. A man, by the name of Ray Bradbury composed a book known as Fahrenheit 451. In which the population lives in a dystopia, one similar to ours. A place where there suffering and dysphoria lives. Although we may not be as deep into our issues as the society in Fahrenheit 451 is, we have issues all the same. Issues which prevent us from labeling ourselves as a utopia.
Although we have the most simple things in life; like thinking and freedom of speech that Bradburry’s society lacks, we are not quite as bad. Our government is by no means perfect, but it is nowhere near being as bad as the government Bradbury has created. We have a government that allows people to speak their mind and vote for who they want to represent them. The characters of the book have a government that controls them and prevents them from doing the most mundane things; like reading and conversing with others. The government is controlling and
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But, we are alarmingly similar in others. "Is it true, the world works hard and we play? Is that why we're hated so much?" (70). A quote the main character Montag says about the way his society pays no mind to anything outside of their technology screens while other places slave away. Something we tend to do a lot. Other countries suffer while we are living lavishly in comparison. Reading is also a big part of our society that is changing. It used to be a primary means of entertainment not that many years ago, but we are inching closer and closer to how the people of Fahrenheit 451 fail to read books. Our generation is more caught up in their phones that they have no care for better educating themselves through novels. At this rate, we will be a spitting image of their