Dystopian Societies-1984 vs Fahrenheit 451

Dystopian Visions An imaginative society consisting of oppressive squalor in which all ar heavily restricted by the absolute favorable position of the ruling party. A society where repression and restrictions seem boundless, while the individual conversance of the citizen seems boundlessly obstructed. A society where mental deprivation and deception is the culture of the guardian a society where distress and poverty ar campaign upon the unsuspectingly loyal citizens a society where the well- being of the people be of imperceptible acknowledgement, yet its inhabitants have been manipulated into perceiving such as utopian.Contrary to their finesse induced perceptions, these characteristics are quite the opposite of utopian, they are dystopian legion(predicate) authors portray their own vision of a dystopia by means of novels. cardinal extremely intriguing dystopian novels are George Orwells, 1984, and Ray Bradburys, Fahrenheit(postnominal) 451. Their visions were strikin gly resembling as the themes were both based on totalitarian governments maintaining realize through propaganda and mental/ affable deprivation (mostly corporate and bureaucratic control conditions, although technological control was utilised).The protagonists find themselves in almost identical situations, for they have become savant of the misery, sacrifice, and evil that their society possesses. But they must conceal their knowledge, leaving them pin down, although they could not keep it hidden forever. In both novels came the mental sheltering of the society to bollocks contradicting or rebellious thought that would come with the enlightenment of the sacrifices the society was withstanding. This sociable and mental control would render the majority of society incapable of item-by-item thought, allowing the injustices to proceed.Forced ignorance masked the evil the government had laid upon them and if one were to unwrap the ignorance, they had to conceal it with their liv es. In both novels, those who could not shield their enlightenment would oarlock victim to the strong and cunning police forces of the society. These forces would brutally slay and lash the existence of those free of the governments mental sanitation. As posen by the thought police in 1984. This shows the extent to which the extinction of culture and individualization was pursued.Another shared characteristic, although much more obvious in 1984, is the economic consumption of propaganda in manipulating the people. In Fahrenheit 451, the propaganda came in the form of death. They would publically bolt down those who disobeyed, just as you see in the end of movie when they murder Montag. In 1984, the society was infested with Big comrade propaganda. With posters, Two fines shun, inflated numbers, and constant reassurance of Big Brother being the flawless and keen protector of e very(prenominal)one, they deceived the people. I would like to point out the fact that they didn t share the same figurehead type worship.In 1984, everything and everyone was focused and revolved around Big Brother, whereas in Fahrenheit 451, there wasnt as much as the singular idol to worship and straight off praise towards. These societies painted by Bradbury and Orwell both utilized mental and social hindrance, through strong regulations. This type of control is otherwise known as the bureaucratic control. In Fahrenheit 451 they put heavy restrictions on literature, and would incinerate all books they could locate. In 1984, they were absolutely relentless with their regulations, even the wrong facial nerve expression could get you killed.Corporate control was also highly utilized in these societies. Specifically, they would brainwash you as a daily routine called Two Minutes Hate in the, 1984, novel. Here is an example of the Two Minute Hates effect on the people, a desire to kill, to torture, to oppress faces in with a sledge hammer, seemed to flow through the whole so rt out of people like an electric current (Orwell14). The government no-hitly manipulated the inhabitants into attractive and feeling wholly dependent to Big Brother and the government, while completely despising whoever Big Brother portrayed as the enemy. Big Brother altered everything to make him seem absolutely flawless and created a erroneous sense of superior and improving living conditions. All of this advertising and sham media was not unique to, 1984, though. In Fahrenheit 451, the government would use the media to show the deaths of those who broke regulations in place. Technological control was a third control used, as Telescreen monitors were implanted everywhere in 1984, to ensure complete watch to avoid any risk of conspiracies or deviation from their norms.In Fahrenheit 451, they had robotic dogs that could sniff out and locate any human needed. The protagonists in these novels, Montag and Winston, are both unique to their society for they had the power to unveil the mask of ignorance and be enlightened to the true colors of the society they lived in. They both felt trapped and desperately needed to escape or alter their society. The differences between them and the others are made even more apparent by their wives and how they end up feeling about them. Winston mentally nicknamed his wife, the human sound track, (Orwell66) during their relationship.This being very similar to Montags feeling towards his bland and uninteresting wife as well. They both are overwhelmed by the now painfully visible misery and evil their society consists of, but must protect such thoughts with their lives. A signifi enkindlet difference between the two characters is the fact that Guy Montag was successful with his attempt to better society, for his city was destroyed leaving it up to him and roughly others to rebuild society. This unlike Winston, who was captured, tortured, and then allowed back into society with a vernal conformist attitude.These novels are c riticizing the paths and patterns that human governments tend to take. With governments concealing/censoring information from the people and corruption being so widespread and apparent these authors are presenting a possible outcome of our chronic blunder. Orwell was even directly criticizing the ascertain of Stalin in his day and how horrible such a society is and can be. These societies reflect the negatives of our society in a bloated and extreme way and if these applicable evils are not eliminated, our society is at risk of being cut to a dreaded dystopia.