Anthem And Fahrenheit 451 Comparison Essay

He grew to love books. This love for books led him to detest his society this resulted in him becoming a criminal; Montag kills Captain Beatty and then goes on the run. The police and a mechanical hound chase him; he escapes the grasp of the police with the help of Faber, a friend of Montag, who shared similar ideals regarding their society and the importance of literature. He unites with Granger, then after the city is then bombed, Granger helps Montag cope with the loss of people he cared for. He tells Montag, “…It doesn't matter what you do […] so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away” (Bradbury, 168). Granger has the aspiration to create a better future, like Montag does, and they have the potential and ability to reconstruct the city and create a more literate and free civilization. The …show more content…
The collectivist society of Anthem fails due to the lack of progression and evolution as well as the lack of free will among its civilians; the communistic society of Fahrenheit 451 fails because of the rebellion of the people for being denied what was theirs in the first place. Both of the dystopian communities attempted to create peace something at is unreal and unreachable. However, their flawed efforts it halted evolution. By preventing the flourishing of technology as shown in Anthem by Ayn Rand or literature and knowledge as portrayed in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. The protagonists both believed in what their society opposed and fought for their goals. Prometheus fought to better the world and gain free will. Guy Montag fought for literature and freedom of speech. Both were successful and had the same end result. They both ended up with a blank page where they were free to reconstruct a new society that was to their beliefs and