Comparing Lord Of The Flies And Fahrenheit 451 Essay

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury and Lord of The flies, by William Golding are paralleled by their common theme of violence, which is more often than not used as an outlet or “vent” for a deeper underlying problem within the main character and the people around them. Ray Bradbury displays the theme of violence through the people in the book, and shows that everyone in his dystopian society acts with such destructiveness, consequently giving the impression that those behaviors occur on account of something else that a majority of them are feeling. One can assume that this violence is an outlet to the dissatisfaction that they feel in life from the oppressive society that they and those before them have caused upon themselves whether it be …show more content…
The basic fact is that books allow readers to experience things that they would not have a chance of doing in a lifetime, and it gives a sense of knowledge and understanding, and fills people up. As Faber tells readers:“ The things you are looking for are in the world, but the only way you will ever see 99% of them is in a book”(82). One can see the result of not taking that advice over time through how the characters feel. The world that they are in gives them the false notion that they are happy, that after time grows cold and eventually fades away, but until then, there's a sensation of aching emptiness that longs to be full, and through violence and the things that society set up for them, they are able to momentarily close that hole. However, when that hole opens up, the want to be satisfied or “happy” grows more and more, and the violence increases to accommodate the needs of that person. Fire, a thing known to be dangerous and associated with violence, is turned into something of entertainment for the people as seen through this quote: “Burn all, burn everything. Fire is bright and fire is clean” (Bradbury, 36). Over time, society grew