“Any man’s insane who thinks he can fool the government and us.” (Fahrenheit 451 pg. 33) All “perfect” societies are upheld strictly by the control of the government and elite groups in charge, whether the people agree, disagree, or even know about what is going on is highly questionable. Fahrenheit 451, 1984, and Brave New World are three different dystopias that meet their doom due to the attempted control regulations by the government using a loss of individuality, ignorance, and fear. Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451, has the most accurate vision of the future. In many cases of these books many people’s freedom to express their individuality are suppressed. In Fahrenheit 451, the act of expressing oneself
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"You 're one of the few who put up with me. That 's why I think it 's so strange you 're a fireman, it just doesn 't seem right for you, somehow." (Fahrenheit 451 pg. 51) Is what Clarisse said to Montag. As a fireman he should not have acted that way but she sparked an inner conflict inside him between acting the way society says to and doing what he desired (his individuality). Going against a set role in society is fixed with a bad connotation from the start of the book itself. In 1984 the people were not able to show emotion or facial expressions out of being called out for suspicion of thought crime and their ability to express their thoughts …show more content…
In Fahrenheit 451 the people did not know or do anything about their society. They only watched television and drank gin, they were constantly occupied with that so they did not even have time or interest to know what was going on. “If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you 'll never learn.” (Bradbury 104) Not knowing or questioning the daily life around landed people in serious trouble like Clarisse the girl who was “seventeen and insane”. Bring knowledgeable led to being targeted which stopped people from wanting to know and led them to be ignorant. In 1984 one of their slogans is “ignorance is strength” (Orwell 16), so if people remain ignorant they will not question the party. Not questioning the party meant stability, one of the world’s mottos, which kept order intact and prevented any rebellion. In Brave New World the people were conditioned to think what the government wanted them to think starting from birth itself. "We condition the masses to hate the country," (Huxley 33) the director claimed that and explained how the people only thought what they were conditioned to think. They did not even have the capacity to know how wrong the situation is. Everyday people are so indulged with TVs and electronics that they do not realize what is going on around them and the more technology advances, the more accurate the future of the world mirrors the world of Fahrenheit
"You 're one of the few who put up with me. That 's why I think it 's so strange you 're a fireman, it just doesn 't seem right for you, somehow." (Fahrenheit 451 pg. 51) Is what Clarisse said to Montag. As a fireman he should not have acted that way but she sparked an inner conflict inside him between acting the way society says to and doing what he desired (his individuality). Going against a set role in society is fixed with a bad connotation from the start of the book itself. In 1984 the people were not able to show emotion or facial expressions out of being called out for suspicion of thought crime and their ability to express their thoughts …show more content…
In Fahrenheit 451 the people did not know or do anything about their society. They only watched television and drank gin, they were constantly occupied with that so they did not even have time or interest to know what was going on. “If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you 'll never learn.” (Bradbury 104) Not knowing or questioning the daily life around landed people in serious trouble like Clarisse the girl who was “seventeen and insane”. Bring knowledgeable led to being targeted which stopped people from wanting to know and led them to be ignorant. In 1984 one of their slogans is “ignorance is strength” (Orwell 16), so if people remain ignorant they will not question the party. Not questioning the party meant stability, one of the world’s mottos, which kept order intact and prevented any rebellion. In Brave New World the people were conditioned to think what the government wanted them to think starting from birth itself. "We condition the masses to hate the country," (Huxley 33) the director claimed that and explained how the people only thought what they were conditioned to think. They did not even have the capacity to know how wrong the situation is. Everyday people are so indulged with TVs and electronics that they do not realize what is going on around them and the more technology advances, the more accurate the future of the world mirrors the world of Fahrenheit