Fahrenhiet 451
In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, and George Orwell’s novel 1984, there are very common similarities in both contrast and comparison of themes and I intend to learn from these themes the effects of governments the control its people and how every society has flaws and how they can be changed, and the themes that are displayed in both novels are technology, control of information and history, and the dangers of totalitarianism, but at the same time in 1984 there is language as mind control, and in Fahrenheit 451 there is knowledge versus ignorance. In both novels, a very obvious theme comes to mind rather quickly, that being technology. With telescreens visible around the city in which Winston lives as well as hidden microphones, the Party is able to watch its members almost all of the time. Also, they also have machines to inflict on those who defy the Party and its beliefs. Not to mention the amount of computers and machinery to create large production of goods and service. These means of technology compare very close to the ones in Montag’s civilization. His government possesses flamethrowers to burn books that they have deemed contraband because of the information they contain. The Mechanical Hound is also
The effects and results of a government that believes in totalitarianism are shown the entire way through both books, thus, the dangers of totalitarianism is the main theme. Orwell creates a state of perfect society, which is actually a government having complete and total power. Even
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Approximate Word count = 841
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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