In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury and the movie, Good Night, and Good Luck, both of the societies that are created are under a false sense of justice and are affected by social conformity while being kept under control by their oppressive governments. Furthermore, both societies do not take lightly to other opinions and ideas that are not in agreement with the central focus and ideas of the society itself.
First and foremost, both societies try to lead their people into submission, whether by accusing innocent people or even attacking them. This can be seen in Fahrenheit 451 when Montag escapes, but the authorities must catch someone, “‘They’re faking. You threw them off at the river. They can’t admit it...So they're sniffing …show more content…
This is seen in Fahrenheit 451 in the part where Montag is a young boy and votes to send the brighter student in his class to a beating, “‘Surely you remember the boy in your own school class who was exceptionally ‘bright,’ did most of the reciting and answering while the others sat like so many leaden idols, hating him. And wasn't it this boy you selected for beatings and torture after hours? Of course it was’” (Pg. 55). To explain, to young Montag this would be justice because everyone needed to be equal, so there was no need to have bright kids in his class. However, this is a false sense of justice because what Montag is doing is wrong and he is doing out of belief and the social conformity that strives everyone to be equal. Likewise, McCarthy had a false sense of justice when he was carrying out his investigation; he just accused anyone that could have been a suspected communist. Correspondingly, “despite a lack of any proof of subversion, more than 2,000 government employees lost their jobs as a result of McCarthy’s investigations” (History). Consequently, due to the false sense of justice McCarthy had created, he was able to accuse anyone he wanted without any evidence and convict them as a communist causing the victim to either lose their job or even a prison sentence.
In conclusion, the parallels between the societies and overall Fahrenheit 451 and Good Night, and Good Luck are that in both
First and foremost, both societies try to lead their people into submission, whether by accusing innocent people or even attacking them. This can be seen in Fahrenheit 451 when Montag escapes, but the authorities must catch someone, “‘They’re faking. You threw them off at the river. They can’t admit it...So they're sniffing …show more content…
This is seen in Fahrenheit 451 in the part where Montag is a young boy and votes to send the brighter student in his class to a beating, “‘Surely you remember the boy in your own school class who was exceptionally ‘bright,’ did most of the reciting and answering while the others sat like so many leaden idols, hating him. And wasn't it this boy you selected for beatings and torture after hours? Of course it was’” (Pg. 55). To explain, to young Montag this would be justice because everyone needed to be equal, so there was no need to have bright kids in his class. However, this is a false sense of justice because what Montag is doing is wrong and he is doing out of belief and the social conformity that strives everyone to be equal. Likewise, McCarthy had a false sense of justice when he was carrying out his investigation; he just accused anyone that could have been a suspected communist. Correspondingly, “despite a lack of any proof of subversion, more than 2,000 government employees lost their jobs as a result of McCarthy’s investigations” (History). Consequently, due to the false sense of justice McCarthy had created, he was able to accuse anyone he wanted without any evidence and convict them as a communist causing the victim to either lose their job or even a prison sentence.
In conclusion, the parallels between the societies and overall Fahrenheit 451 and Good Night, and Good Luck are that in both