Similarities Between Red Rising And Fahrenheit 451

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed” - Adolf Hitler. In Red rising by Pierce Brown and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury both authors highlight how the authority controls the masses. The authority not educating its people affects the way people follow the authority in a blinded manner, those who oppose the authority are subject to dehumanizing treatment and the use of fear and propaganda to control the views of the public. In Red rising by Pierce Brown and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury both authors demonstrate how blindly following authority leads to dehumanization and discrimination.
The lack of education for citizens affects the way they respond to authority. The people in Fahrenheit 451 watch as the books are burned which leads to the lack of knowledge and lack of libertarianism. This concept is illustrated when Guy says "I don't want to change sides and just be told what to do. There's no reason to change if I do that."(Bradbury 88)
The government decides to burn the books so people in the country would start to become less educated. As a result, the people put their trust in the authority blindly as they do not know any

The government in “Fahrenheit 451” those who have books as criminals due to them thinking they are trying to bring an end to society. In “Red rising” those who try to anything against the Gold’s such as singing a forbidden song, is seen as trying to go against the system. In both of these books those who do things that is seen in any way trying to oppose the authority are subject to punishment. The differences is that in “Fahrenheit 451” you are only arrested and put in jail, but in “red rising” you are executed or severely beaten for doing even the smallest things that go against the authority. The treatment that the people receive vary based on the book but the end result is the