What Are The Similarities Between Fahrenheit 451 And Wall-E

Ray Bradbury; a master of satire, from the king of symbols to, reading between the lines. What does a short story written 65 years ago have in common with a children’s movie? From the novel ‘Fahrenheit 451’ a masterwork of the twentieth-century set in an austere dystopian future, where thoughts do not exist but instead a constant titillation submerging humans deeper into materiality. Parallel to the 2008 a distant, but not so unrealistic, abandoned trash dispersed world; the movie ‘WALL-E’ our favourite garbage collecting robot left to clean up the mess us. These two stories are both critically acclaimed science fiction, and are both featured in a dystopia future. Despite their intended audiences, these two stories have much more in common

Due to the rampant overconsumption pressured by Buy N Large, in the movie ‘WALL-E’ all humans were forced to evacuate from their earth because it was no longer a sustainable place to live upon. Which they then climbed aboard the Axiom, not conscious that they were about to hand over their entire life to this ship. Buy n Large takes care of their every need, but also controls every aspect of their life. With a constant TV screen in front of their faces and buttons at their fingertips for every thing one could ever need. They live on a ship stocked with every possible activity and amenity, but choose to be entertained only by their screens. Brainwashed like most teens in our society now. The need to have a device at your fingertips, not realizing that you’ve just checked the time three times in a minute because there is a

The theme of rebirth is represented differently in each story. In ‘451’ the fire symbolizes destruction, but also the rebirth of Montag into his new world. In ‘WALL-E’ the small plant found by Wall-e represents the earth’s potential for regrowth, a possibility for a fresh beginning. Both protagonists, being Wall-E and Montag achieve their goals and head back to their homes by the end of the stories. Where the readers, or viewers, are left with hope that humanity could regrow back to a functioning society, symbolized by the tree of life; who exemplifies the end is also a new beginning. Whereas in our world, us humans have to stop taking everything for granted and start looking beyond this bubble that surrounds our “perfect lives” and realize one day our world will no longer look like this. Our society needs to put down these gimmicks that have taken over our lives; and slow down the over consumption before it is too late. Before me destruct this world, before we need to