... ignorant about the history and current events of Airstrip One. Members of the Outer Party have slightly more freedom, but none so much as those of the Inner Party. In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, a dystopian America, books are forbidden. Firemen do not put out fires; they start them in homes containing books. Instead of reading, going on hikes, or having conversations with friends and ... and keeps its citizens ignorant, even stupid. Things that would be considered commonplace by the reader, like reading books or having rebellious thoughts can get a person tortured or killed in Orwell...

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... authors offered an insight into what they expected man, society, and life to be like at some future time. One such author, Ray Bradbury, utilized this concept in his work, Fahrenheit 451, a futuristic look at a man and his role in society. Bradbury utilizes the luxuries of life in America today, in addition to various occupations and technological advances, to show what life could be like ... longer part of the changed society, to compare and contrast today's culture with his proposed futuristic culture. But one theme that both Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 use in common is the the...

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... by people. These books show the cause and effect of utopianism, creating a form of the opposite, a distopia. In all these books, where the situation is ideal, something that everyone wants becomes the root of complete chaos and destruction. The authors of these books, Aldous Huxley (Brave New World), Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451 ... also achieved through a religion that satirizes Christianity, a religion that encourages people to reach solidarity through sexual orgy. And it is achieved by organizing life so that a person is almost never alone. Identity is in large part the result of gene...

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