What is the most obvious feature that appears in dystopian novels and movies? It is a very obvious question, rebellious spirit and tragic ending appears in most of them. Both Fahrenheit 451 and The one who flew over the cuckoo’s nest are typical examples of dystopian stories. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 the protagonist Montag is a fireman who had doubted his career of burning books and resists the limitation that is put on by the government. Meanwhile, the movie One who flew over the cuckoo’s nest demonstrates a patient named Mcmurphy in a bedlam who stands …show more content…
The way to how both protagonists start revolution is being inspired by someone’s tragedy. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, the protagonist Montag meets a unique girl called Clarisse, who told him about liberty and happiness, which is exactly what Montag really requires. At first, he did not understand what was the “happiness” that the girl was talking about , neither wanted to rebel the government and achieve freedom. However, after the disappearance of Clarisse, Montag started to resist the idea of the normal fireman and began his way of rebel. This illustrates that Montag is stimulated by the disappearance of Clarisse, because the biggest possibility was Clarisse was killed by the government. Thus, Montag had the idea of rebellion. Meanwhile, in the movie One who flew over the cuckoo’s nest the protagonist McMurphy did not resist the head nurse in the first place, he just tolerance the torture, but then, a patient committed suicide because he cannot stand the torture made by the nurse. McMurphy realized that to get rid of the nurse is the only way to help the patients and himself, so he tries to kill the nurse. Both protagonists were inspired by someone’s tragedy, and then decided to rebel the whole