Similarities Between Fahrenheit 451 And A Brave New World

Lesser of Two Evils

In both Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, a society is portrayed that the common citizen views as perfect. They are both, however, far from that. In an attempt to create a utopian society, they each created their own destructive dystopian society. Both are abundant in their faults, but living in the society of Fahrenheit 451 is the more favorable selection of the two. The World State of a Brave New World relies on drugs to limit the emotions of reality, which is unnatural. In Montag’s world, the institutions of families is allowed, unlike in A Brave New World, which is important to survive everyday life. The use of drugs is also not as widespread as it is in A Brave New World, which is

The belief by the World State’s leaders is that having family ties to others is the cause of pain and hurt. In order to avoid this risk, they abolished the institution of families. Children are created in test tubes in The Centre and raised by workers who deal with thousands of children a year. Marriage is unknown to the citizens and being connected to someone for a lengthy amount of time is extremely rare. The idea at first glance seems amazing. No hurt from lost connections, “relationships” with no-strings attached. Death is simply a part of life and doesn’t typically result in sadness because you never had a bond with someone strong enough to miss them too deeply. Looking back on my short life of merely 16 years, that would take away so many instances of grief. I could be free and not have to miss out on experiences because “my mom said no”. As you begin to process this, however, it’s not as good of an idea as it seems. Yes, maybe you have more freedom and aren’t tied down to specific people, but the lack of those connections would cause you to miss out on one of the greatest things our world has to offer;love. “The Savage stood for a moment in frozen silence, then fell on his knees beside the bed and, covering his face with his hands, sobbed uncontrollably” (Huxley 210). John was in distress following the death of his

The World State doesn’t allow families and is organized based on a pre-determined system of social standings. The society featured in Fahrenheit 451 has firemen that begin fires to ruin books and robot dogs that act as policemen. Each society also comes with a few people that sought to break the rules that the society has. In Fahrenheit 451 this is much easier to do compared to the world of A Brave New World. Books have been banished from the society in Fahrenheit 451 for a long span of time, but the fire department continues to get calls nearly every day about a different house that has been caught hiding them. The fire department closes in on these homes and claims the illegal property, but it begs the question of how many other houses there still are that have books hidden somewhere. “He stood looking up at the ventilator grill in the hall and suddenly remembered that something lay hidden behind the grill” (Bradbury 8). In the World State, with something as simple as writing questionable poetry, a penalty almost always follows. Along with it being easier to bend the rules in Fahrenheit 451, the enforcement of the rules is more strict in A Brave New World. When news hit homes about Montag’s runaway and the chase after him, the broadcaster ensured that they would find him. They began searching for him but they were too late. As the hunt ensued, they chose the first person that they could find