Similarities Between Anthem And Fahrenheit 451

Of all the different futuristic novels, the most memorable are Fahrenheit 451, 1984 and Anthem. Although each story is set in a dystopian world the similarities do not stop there, as each appear to share alike aspects. This is most likely a choice made by each author to convey a series of warning to the reader about governmental control. Even though it seems each story has just this in common, all three books share three key elements such as similar sets of characters, love interests and the system of government.
It is easy to recognize the resemblances between Guy Montag, Winston Smith and Equality due their physical descriptions. Except that is not where the resemblances stop, it is clear that all three protagonists share the same traits …show more content…
In Fahrenheit 451, Montag meets his new neighbor Clarisse, who is a beautiful seventeen year old, and although the book never directly tells us it is implied Montag falls in love with her. He seems to care for the girl and even worries when he does not see her anymore. Just after meeting Clarisse once causes Montag to change his whole perspective and his beliefs. He begins to question his job, and his marriage. If he had not met Clarisse he would never have taken the book and joined the scholars. Winston Smith first thinks Julia will betray him to the party when he first lays eyes on her. This was due to his pent up rage over him not being able to ‘have’ Julia. Although they do eventually start an affair together, Smith ends up doing many things just for Julia. He would have never talked to O’Brien if Julia was not there. She pushed him to break the rules. While in Anthem, Equality meets the Golden One who inspires him to create the lightbulb, and she even changes his view on love. In the dystopian world of Anthem, love does not exist and is only used to procreate. After talking to the Golden One, Equality does things he would normally not do and eventually is able to learn about the …show more content…
In Fahrenheit 451, Montag does not know about the past and is not able to read any book. For the government outlawed them so no one would ever be offended or upset. Due to this rarely any student knows anything other than what the government tells them. It is shown in the first few pages when Clarisse talks about how firemen used to put our fires. Montag plays it off as a lie but it as readers we are aware the truth to what she said. It seems to be a common for the government not to tell the citizens much of anything for ‘their own good’. In 1984 the government is more strict and tries to control the people's thoughts and actions. The government is known as the party, who continue to erase and get rid of any information that contradicts their message. The altar the past continuously, nobody seems to have any idea of what it was like. The party continues to use television to gain control over the people, like in Fahrenheit 451, where they use tvs as distractions from the world around them.
In Anthem the government reflects more like Guy Montag’s where they hide the past from the people in order to create a more stable and peaceful society. They even go as far as to ban the word ‘I’ because they want the society to feel as if they are all one. Equality eventually discovers the truth but only once he leaves it all together with the Golden