Introduction:
My report examines the connections of how control can affect individuality and how control can limit or remove freedom. The texts that I have chosen to show and explain these connections are Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. I chose these texts as each text contains plenty of evidence to support the connections between each text so that they can link to the theme of ‘control’. Connection One and Text One:
Identity in used by my texts to show the effects of control on individuality. This connection can be observed through the development of Montag’s identity in novel Fahrenheit 451. At the start of the novel, Montag (the main character) is a good citizen, he follows along with what the state commands and is happy with his …show more content…
For this reason, the state can set the rules on their ideas for the conformed many. Likewise in the novel 1984, where George Orwell says “The hunting-down and destruction of books had been done with the same thoroughness in the prole quarters as anywhere else.” Destruction of ideas and opinions of those which may cause disagreement is why books are destroyed in both Fahrenheit 451 and 1984. In other words, one central idea of the state is that the only feeling that people should feel is happiness. Although Montag has been programmed to think and behave according to the state’s ideals, Montag begins to change when he meets his neighbour, Clarisse McClellan, who questions him asking “Are you happy?”. This causes Montag to question himself and to become skeptical of his own happiness. Moreover, he begins questioning what he believes and what his ideas are after seeing a woman die for protecting her books that Montag had to burn. In doing so Montag is breaking the law set by the state and continues to do so when he starts to read from a bible that he has stolen. As a result, his
My report examines the connections of how control can affect individuality and how control can limit or remove freedom. The texts that I have chosen to show and explain these connections are Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. I chose these texts as each text contains plenty of evidence to support the connections between each text so that they can link to the theme of ‘control’. Connection One and Text One:
Identity in used by my texts to show the effects of control on individuality. This connection can be observed through the development of Montag’s identity in novel Fahrenheit 451. At the start of the novel, Montag (the main character) is a good citizen, he follows along with what the state commands and is happy with his …show more content…
For this reason, the state can set the rules on their ideas for the conformed many. Likewise in the novel 1984, where George Orwell says “The hunting-down and destruction of books had been done with the same thoroughness in the prole quarters as anywhere else.” Destruction of ideas and opinions of those which may cause disagreement is why books are destroyed in both Fahrenheit 451 and 1984. In other words, one central idea of the state is that the only feeling that people should feel is happiness. Although Montag has been programmed to think and behave according to the state’s ideals, Montag begins to change when he meets his neighbour, Clarisse McClellan, who questions him asking “Are you happy?”. This causes Montag to question himself and to become skeptical of his own happiness. Moreover, he begins questioning what he believes and what his ideas are after seeing a woman die for protecting her books that Montag had to burn. In doing so Montag is breaking the law set by the state and continues to do so when he starts to read from a bible that he has stolen. As a result, his