Both Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 have dissatisfied protagonists who live in dystopic civilizations. Both dystopias are carefully planned out to become a utopia-like society. However, both societies restrict their citizens very strictly. In Fahrenheit 451, people are prohibited from reading books, and if found guilty of reading or possessing one, you are severely punished by getting your house burnt down. Brave New World has several restrictions that the authority implements on their people. First of all, there is one inescapable restriction, which is the conditioning. In this world, if you live in civilization, from birth you are “conditioned” to blindly obey and respect the authority, no questioning. In both dystopias, there are “cures” for unhappiness: the parlor from Fahrenheit 451, feelies in Brave New World, and more strongly the soma also used in Brave New World.
Guy Montag, Bernard Marx, and John Savage are all unhappy in their dystopic societies. These protagonists blame their unhappiness on what they don’t have. The governments in both novels withhold information from the public. In Brave New World there are no books from before Henry Ford’s time, and in Fahrenheit 451, all books in general are banned. In Brave New World , they aren’t allowed to settle down with one person from the opposite sex. You also don’t get to know your family, for there are no families. Love is a foreign word. They don’t feel free under this government restriction, so they both go to seek out answers.
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Well done Drew.
Your writing is gaining a sense of sophistication. Lets continue to build on this.
I am looking forward to your ideas about how cars and television are represented in Fahrenheit 451.
Mr. Doubt
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