Gatlin
2/9/18
Period 5
451 Vs. modern day society
Would you like to live in a place where books are illegal? In Fahrenheit 451, the penalty is your house and books are burned to the ground right before your eyes. Then you are arrested and no one ever sees you again. There are many similarities as well as differences between our modern day society and the society of “Fahrenheit 451”. There are three main differences between these societies, government, technology, and human behavior.
The first is government. They both deal with wars and govern the people. Only Fahrenheit 451’s government is more like a dictatorship. Do they even vote anymore? Maybe there is a king. “They may declare war within the hour.” You think a government
2/9/18
Period 5
451 Vs. modern day society
Would you like to live in a place where books are illegal? In Fahrenheit 451, the penalty is your house and books are burned to the ground right before your eyes. Then you are arrested and no one ever sees you again. There are many similarities as well as differences between our modern day society and the society of “Fahrenheit 451”. There are three main differences between these societies, government, technology, and human behavior.
The first is government. They both deal with wars and govern the people. Only Fahrenheit 451’s government is more like a dictatorship. Do they even vote anymore? Maybe there is a king. “They may declare war within the hour.” You think a government