Fahrenheit 451 sets the stage for what our modern world could become in the distant future. For instance, the lack of individuality is apparent in Fahrenheit 451. Even today, many follow what they are told is right and what is to be expected. Our world lacks individuality, similar to Guy Montag's world. In the latter, the dystopian society's individualism is hampered by overbearing government and media control.
In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag's world is illustrated as bland and ruled by conformity. Those who stand out and express themselves in this dystopian society are ridiculed and thought of as an outcast. In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, the featured society's citizens' individuality is threatened by overbearing government control that has started to rule over their lives and can be recognized through the society's utopian goals for the future, the way the government punishes divergent citizens, and the conformist response of citizens to these acts of totalitarianism by the government. The sum of this eludes to the fact that Montag's world is evidently very similar to ours and even could be thought of as a glimpse into the future of
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There are many differences between the societies of Fahrenheit 451 and our society. The major differences are; the role of a fireman, the purpose of books, and the relationship with the outside world. "Firefighters never die; they just burn forever in the hearts of the people whose lives they saved" Murphree, Susan "The likes and differences of Fahrenheit 451 and our world" Britannica, 25 Feb. 2018,www.bartleby.com/topic/Fahrenheit-451. This supports the claim because the evidence states that a critical difference in Fahrenheit 451 from ours is that the firefighters start fires instead of putting them