Science fiction authors often have the opportunity to let their creativity run wild when it comes to creating the worlds in which their novels take place. Writing science fiction allows the author to go into detail about these new societies and technologies while making predictions for what the what the world could be like in ten, twenty, or even hundreds of years (Stanger). Both Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 share insights to what Bradbury and Orwell believe to be the future. With similar character arcs between their main characters, the interference with the government, and the overall themes of the novels, both Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 provide excellence and accurate predictions for what the future could be.
Guy Montag and Winston Smith are both …show more content…
In both Fahrenheit 451 and 1984, their authors come up with ideas of this new government that censors the information that the public is allowed to obtain and controls their citizens, but the way in which both of these governments go about it couldn’t be any more different. In Orwell’s world, information is edited when need through a process called “Reality Control”. It allows the government to control the reality and the perceptions of its people, therefore maintaining their power and position. Within this world, there are people whose job’s are to go in and changed what had happened in the past to whatever the government has told them to change it to. While information was being censored, people were still able to obtain information in Orwell’s world, whether or not it was the actual truth or not. Similar to the jobs mentioned above in Orwell’s world where people would edit information to whatever they were told to change it to, Bradbury’s world included these firefighters whose were entitled to go out and destroy or burn any literature or media that could be considered thought provoking or offensive. Bradbury’s government didn’t want people to be able to think for themselves. Instead of editing this information, the simple solution was to get rid of the information in general. The government in both worlds did have ways and mechanisms for keeping a close eye on their citizen’s actions, but in Orwell’s world, this concept is …show more content…
Power, rules and order, and dissatisfaction are the foreground key themes to Fahrenheit 451 and 1984. Bradbury and Orwell both made this clear in their text. However, both novels have additional themes that are more prevalent and predominant in their story, but still relate to the other novel. In 1984, Orwell tends to focus more on manipulation and repression through the use of Big Brother. Orwell brings the idea of rebellion to his text but also shows the loyalty that goes with that. Bradbury writes about identity and self-discovery through his character Montag in Fahrenheit 451. Though there are slight variations of the themes for each novel, there are no noticeably differences between the ideas and concepts of Fahrenheit 451 and
Guy Montag and Winston Smith are both …show more content…
In both Fahrenheit 451 and 1984, their authors come up with ideas of this new government that censors the information that the public is allowed to obtain and controls their citizens, but the way in which both of these governments go about it couldn’t be any more different. In Orwell’s world, information is edited when need through a process called “Reality Control”. It allows the government to control the reality and the perceptions of its people, therefore maintaining their power and position. Within this world, there are people whose job’s are to go in and changed what had happened in the past to whatever the government has told them to change it to. While information was being censored, people were still able to obtain information in Orwell’s world, whether or not it was the actual truth or not. Similar to the jobs mentioned above in Orwell’s world where people would edit information to whatever they were told to change it to, Bradbury’s world included these firefighters whose were entitled to go out and destroy or burn any literature or media that could be considered thought provoking or offensive. Bradbury’s government didn’t want people to be able to think for themselves. Instead of editing this information, the simple solution was to get rid of the information in general. The government in both worlds did have ways and mechanisms for keeping a close eye on their citizen’s actions, but in Orwell’s world, this concept is …show more content…
Power, rules and order, and dissatisfaction are the foreground key themes to Fahrenheit 451 and 1984. Bradbury and Orwell both made this clear in their text. However, both novels have additional themes that are more prevalent and predominant in their story, but still relate to the other novel. In 1984, Orwell tends to focus more on manipulation and repression through the use of Big Brother. Orwell brings the idea of rebellion to his text but also shows the loyalty that goes with that. Bradbury writes about identity and self-discovery through his character Montag in Fahrenheit 451. Though there are slight variations of the themes for each novel, there are no noticeably differences between the ideas and concepts of Fahrenheit 451 and