Fahrenheit 451 And 1984

If asked if our world has become either utopian or dystopian, how would you answer? Although our society is currently neither dystopian or utopian, it is in the middle, and as time goes on, we have been steadily moving up the steps towards a dystopian society. Despite the fact that our society now routinely engages in mass surveillance, thankfully, we still differ substantially from dystopian societies that emphasize control and ignorance. Although we still have many differences from dystopian societies, such as ignorance and control, mass surveillance is now a part of our society. If this trend continues, eventually we will look exactly like them.
To begin with, we see that with control, governments can mold citizens into their ideal form. In George Orwell’s 1984, the government creates a new language in order to narrow the range of thought; you cannot go against the government using words that don't exist. According to 1984, “Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.” (Orwell 35) In contrast to 1984, our society has

In Fahrenheit 451 the theme of ignorance is most prevalent, as we see everyone display it, whether it be Montag’s wife or his co-workers, we see that they only follow and don’t question. As stated in Fahrenheit 451, “Will you turn the parlor off?” he asked. “That’s my family.” (Bradbury 46) Blind to real relationships, to the war, we see that all of Mildred’s friends, and herself, display ignorance, which allows the government to get away with anything we would otherwise, in our society, deem wrong. We see that ignorance is yet to be present in our society as we see ourselves protesting against anything we deem wrong, such as when millions would walk out to protest after the death of George