Mechanical Hound In Fahrenheit 451

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In both Fahrenheit 451 and Divergent the government controls its people to conform through fear. The mechanical hound, in Fahrenheit 451 is completely under the government's control. The hound is set to chase after those who have read books or hold possession of books. The hound savaged those who did not conform to the ideal society motto-- that everyone is satisfied. Montag was on his way to make an exit, “The Mechanical Hound leapt up in its kennel, its eyes all green flame” (Ray Bradbury 35). In the mechanical hound, there is a poisonous needles that inject into the prey if the hound is sent out. This is to keep citizens under assumption that the hound is sent to kill for the better. Similarly, in Divergent, a Dauntless leader Eric, announces

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