Not Too Different The more things change, the more they stay the same. The Hunger Games and Fahrenheit 451 describe worlds where the government is in almost total control. The citizens suffer because of it. Modern-day society is unique and not quite as dystopian as what is depicted in the books Fahrenheit 451 and The Hunger Games, but some shared experiences exist between all three societies. Modern society is somewhat dystopian, but U.S. citizens are never asked to fight to the death to represent their district as is seen in the book, The Hunger Games. In The Hunger Games, as the government circled overhead, there was no hiding from them. Primrose Everdeen was selected against her will to participate for her district in the Hunger Games, a game that allows only one survivor. Her older sister, Katniss Everdeen, volunteered to take her place. Katniss once said, “I protect Prim every way I can, but I’m powerless against the reaping” (Collins 15). In the United States, there is no reaping, participation in the armed services is voluntary, and people are not forced to serve against their will. …show more content…
Modern society is heavily focused on technology and TV, but in Fahrenheit 451, it is taken to the next level as people are incorporated into interactive programs on their TVs. In Fahrenheit 451, Mildred feels like she is a part of her TV show because in some episodes she has lines that she reads as she interacts with the TV. She becomes obsessed with watching these programs. Mildred wants to be as involved as possible in her world of TV. She wants even more of them. She said, “If we had a fourth wall, why it’d be just like this room wasn’t ours at all, but all kinds of exotic people’s rooms” (Bradbury 18). In today’s society, people are very focused on TV and entertainment, but they don’t fill every wall of their house with TVs. Some people still want their