Fahrenheit 451: How The Government Control Society In Brave New World

Burgess is addressing the prevalent state of society as he sees the destructive behaviors around him: teen violence, authoritarian government, and corruption. Seeing this corruption around him, he believes that government should not have omnipotent authority over its people. Simply, each individual should be able to regulate their own growth. As they fall into states of aberration, it is their own job to find the path again. Being forced back onto another path is simply stopping their growth from becoming a mature adult, who is able to reasonably produce decisions on their own.

(AGG) As Daniel J. Boorstin had clarified, “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” (Goodreads) This relates to the government form Fahrenheit 451 trying to hide the truth from the society, and had eventually killed them. (BS-1) The government tries to control the amount of knowledge and take advantage of the lack of knowledge. (BS-2) The effort to control this trait, while helping the society, will eventually damage the society. (BS-3) The lack of memory power will help avoid controversies while damaging many relationships, but, this can be fixed by slowing your thoughts and clearing your mind. (TS) In the book, Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury 's key message is to remind his readers about the value of knowledge and memory, and the dangers of trying to control them.

In both texts, Ray Bradbury and Andrew Niccol display repression of individuality, however, oppression and discrimination play a huge role in Fahrenheit 451 and Gattaca. The novel Fahrenheit 451 demonstrates discrimination through the government, enabling strict controls, to ensure no one in the society behaves differently. This is highlighted through fireman’s “burning books”, “the mechanical hound” which is used for physical control if individuals in the society don’t accept the governments rules, Furthermore, Captain Beatty who is the head honcho fireman states” not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal”, This demonstrates how everyone is equal however, due to governmental control individuals have

As Harry Browne once said, “Since no one but you can know what 's best for you, government control can 't make your life better.” In Fahrenheit 451, a book by Ray Bradbury, he shows ways on how the government is controlling society with surveillance, technology, and censorship. The government gets to decide what is to be done and what comes in and out of that country. In the novel, it shows how the firefighter, Guy Montag, is different than the other people in that society. These aspects of government control are directly going towards Montag because the advance in technology put into the watchdogs that are in Bradbury’s novel is unbelievable. Multiple news articles suggest that the government is, in fact, controlling our every move.

John Humphrey Noyes, the leader of the community, is akin to Mustafa Mond in the novel. Both Noyes and Mustafa Mond had control over their societies and isolated them from the universe. Some similar aspects of Oneida’s complex marriage are also visible in Brave New World. Everyone belonged to everyone, and monogamy was frowned upon in each society. Noyes and Huxley were both intrigued by eugenics, but Huxley took the idea one step further: instead of specifically pairing couples to produce children, as Noyes did, the author completely eradicated the concept of parenthood.

He shows us through the quote “Established, 1790, to burn English-influenced books in the colonies. First Fireman: Benjamin Franklin” (Bradbury 15). This quote shows the readers that the government has complete control over what the people believe and that they have the power to rewrite history if they wanted to. They can do this because people aren’t allowed to read or own books. If people

The second piece of evidence the story provides is the fact that it says nothing about the Handicapper General or any of her agents wearing handicaps. The government's idea of freedom appears to be a form of a dictatorship. The government forces the civilians to wear ability limiting handicaps while they themselves wear none. They seem to rule with what appears to be an iron fist, punishing those that break the rules and letting themselves roam free. It’s extremely unfair, yet it allows them to maintain peace among civilians in the area.

Living in a totalitarian government, they have the power to re-write history books to depict themselves in a good, reliable state, so they can maintain supremacy. Furthermore, Big Brother is idolized by numerous people without knowing that he spreads inaccurate information about the past. Furthering the Party doctrines, O’Brien tries to express his view of a dependent mind reality.

However, for the state with the highest rate of gun ownership, the firearm suicides rate out of all suicides is more than 64.3%. This shows that with gun around, people’s suicide rate will increase as it is much more easy for them to kill themselves. It is not hard to believe as what you need to do is pull the trigger and you will die. According to David Hemenway, a Harvard University 's School of Public Health’s professor, “Many suicides are impulsive, and the urge to die fades away.” Strengthen gun control can reduce the immediate wish for the death of people. Maybe they can go to the professionals and receive therapy to try to have a new life.

A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it” (Bradbury 55). In the fictional universe Bradbury has created, books have become a weapon and are seen as dangerous. Why? Because the well-read man has more knowledge and is smarter about the way the world works.

He would rather keep breaking the law by hiding books so that way he could be different. This book is great description and example of how things are set up and going now a days. Our society focuses too much on making things fair and equal and not allowing people to be them own selves. Burning books takes away people 's right, their happiness, and knowledge. Ray Bradbury does a really good job of relating things from that day in time to now.