“You are in the hands of a system whose reach is unlimited, but whose safeguards are not”- quote by Citizenfour. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is an utopian and dystopian fiction novel that is very similar to the film called, Citizenfour. Both pieces of work have different ways of displaying their own versions of their world’s, but in the end both seem to be the same exact one. Both stories display a scenario in which the people are censored by the government to hide the truth of what is going on around them. Other than censorship being involved, another theme in both stories is the dangers of technology which is becoming a bigger issue throughout time.
Fahrenheit 451 is a story in which Montag (the protagonist) is a fireman whose job is to burn books because they are labeled as “illegal”. Montag on page 5 states, “‘Do you ever read any books you burn?' He laughed. 'That's against the law!”, people are not allowed to read books because they are illegal. Although the only thing said about novels is on page 59 where Captain Beatty says, “Well, Montag, take my word for it, I’ve read a few in my time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing! Nothing you can teach or believe”. Books are characterized as useless, unworthy items that make people unhappy. The government by not having people read these …show more content…
Montag and Snowden discover something that the government is trying to hide. They at first keep it a secret until they are more than 50% sure. They act against the government by releasing the information they know. When they are caught and accused, both men run away. In Fahrenheit 451 Montag runs away and the city is burned to ashes, where on the opposite side Snowden flies away to another country and lawsuits and complaints are made against the NSA and the government, about their privacy being invaded. Montag’s city is foreshadow to be rebuilt again whereas we in real life don’t know if our privacy is still being
Fahrenheit 451 is a story in which Montag (the protagonist) is a fireman whose job is to burn books because they are labeled as “illegal”. Montag on page 5 states, “‘Do you ever read any books you burn?' He laughed. 'That's against the law!”, people are not allowed to read books because they are illegal. Although the only thing said about novels is on page 59 where Captain Beatty says, “Well, Montag, take my word for it, I’ve read a few in my time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing! Nothing you can teach or believe”. Books are characterized as useless, unworthy items that make people unhappy. The government by not having people read these …show more content…
Montag and Snowden discover something that the government is trying to hide. They at first keep it a secret until they are more than 50% sure. They act against the government by releasing the information they know. When they are caught and accused, both men run away. In Fahrenheit 451 Montag runs away and the city is burned to ashes, where on the opposite side Snowden flies away to another country and lawsuits and complaints are made against the NSA and the government, about their privacy being invaded. Montag’s city is foreshadow to be rebuilt again whereas we in real life don’t know if our privacy is still being