Utopia, the place that can only be imagined, where everything is perfect. No person in need nor are they sad, sinful, or unhappy. Dystopia on the other hand is a supposed place where everything is substandard, people live in inadequate conditions and everything is reprehensible. In Ayn Rand’s Anthem and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 the main characters live in places that by all accounts of todays society should be called dystopia. However the citizens do not see it as unsatisfactory they believe to be a utopia because of their upbringings and current knowledge. In both stories the authors uses common themes to give warning to the readers about the dangers of to much of a good thing, not allowing free will and individualism, and martyrs. In
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In Fahrenheit 451 by growing up with the extremely large amount of technology and losing their sense of will to do anything the citizens of the future begin so lose their sense of individuality as well. Instead of being their own person and finding hobbies that they can excel at they sit around and watch television. This warns then readers about the detriments of losing free will because the people do not do things that will make them happy they simply do what they know. (Bradbury 96) “I voted last election, same as everyone, and I laid it on the line for president Noble. I think he’s one of the nicest-looking men ever became president.” This is a quote from a conversation between Mildred, Montag, and Mildred’s so called friends whole only come over to watch television. They talk about the current election and in this conversation it is shown that they do not vote on what would be best for their country but by who they think looks the prettiest. Because all they have ever known is looking at a screen and watching the actors they known nothing other that physical beauty. In Anthem the people are completely controlled by the government they can not make their own decisions such as who they will marry, where the will live, or what they will do for a career. They are one being and they do not know of the word “I”. (Rand 19) "We are one in all and in one. There are no …show more content…
The themes about the dangers of to much of a good thing, not allowing free will and individualism, and martyrs show readers how things that seem small can drastically effect the way a society works. The authors weave elements of warning about these themes in the stories the ideas provoked by reading these novels make the readers reflect on themselves and the current society and think about how one small change could dismantle the world as it is today
In Fahrenheit 451 by growing up with the extremely large amount of technology and losing their sense of will to do anything the citizens of the future begin so lose their sense of individuality as well. Instead of being their own person and finding hobbies that they can excel at they sit around and watch television. This warns then readers about the detriments of losing free will because the people do not do things that will make them happy they simply do what they know. (Bradbury 96) “I voted last election, same as everyone, and I laid it on the line for president Noble. I think he’s one of the nicest-looking men ever became president.” This is a quote from a conversation between Mildred, Montag, and Mildred’s so called friends whole only come over to watch television. They talk about the current election and in this conversation it is shown that they do not vote on what would be best for their country but by who they think looks the prettiest. Because all they have ever known is looking at a screen and watching the actors they known nothing other that physical beauty. In Anthem the people are completely controlled by the government they can not make their own decisions such as who they will marry, where the will live, or what they will do for a career. They are one being and they do not know of the word “I”. (Rand 19) "We are one in all and in one. There are no …show more content…
The themes about the dangers of to much of a good thing, not allowing free will and individualism, and martyrs show readers how things that seem small can drastically effect the way a society works. The authors weave elements of warning about these themes in the stories the ideas provoked by reading these novels make the readers reflect on themselves and the current society and think about how one small change could dismantle the world as it is today