Similarities Between Fahrenheit 451 And Wall-E

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Some of the themes shared between Fahrenheit 451 and WALL-E would be the loss of individuality due to loss of time to think, the possibility of redemption because of the chance to start over and learn from the mistakes of the past, and security, because people draw comfort from what is easy and society catered to this need.
Individuality is what makes everyone separate from each other, but in both Fahrenheit 451 and WALL-E, no one has any time to think because they are constantly bombarded with information and never given any time to think about any of it themselves. In WALL-E, people had no time to interact with each other or see the world around them because they were constantly occupied with the screens and technology that were in front …show more content…

One of the most important themes shared between Fahrenheit 451 and WALL-E would be the possibility of redemption after everything has been destroyed because they’ll have the chance to start over. In WALL-E, the people had been living in space for seven hundred years because of the mistakes that had been made by their ancestors while they were up there. The plant that was brought up from earth represented the possibility of rebirth and new life, and that was what allowed them to go back to earth and begin to farm and start over. After everything had been destroyed because of humanity's mistakes, they still had the opportunity to come back and start again and learn from the mistakes of their ancestors. In Fahrenheit 451, Faber said to Montag on the topic of helping him, he said “‘The only way I could possibly listen to you would be if the fireman structure itself could be burnt’” (85). In another part of Fahrenheit 451, Granger actually spoke about the possibility of redemption, comparing humanity to a phoenix. “There was a damn silly bid called a phoenix back before Christ, every few hundred years he built a pyre and burnt himself up… But every time he burnt himself he sprang up out of the ashes, he got himself born all over again,” said Granger while sitting around a fire after the city had been destroyed. “‘And it looks like we’re doing the same …show more content…

Even Aristotle commented on it in his book “Peri Psyches,” which was the first book on human behavior. Paraphrased, the basic idea of what he said was that people seek pleasure and avoid pain. Seeking security is a theme in both Fahrenheit 451 and WALL-E because people draw comfort from what is nice and easy, and in an attempt to make people more comfortable, both of their societies removed all things that were not. In WALL-E, the people had to do no work themselves. Robots were at their sides at all moments to do everything for them. Even the captain didn’t know what had happened to earth, asking when he saw images of Earth, where the sky or the green grass was. All troubles and worries were removed from their lives, allowing them easy and security in that comfort. In Fahrenheit 451, despite the fact that her husband was clearly distressed, Mildred was more focussed about speaking about what the wallscreens had played that day. When Montag told Mildred, distressed and traumatised, what had happened that day, saying “‘We burnt a old woman with her books’”. Mildred responded by saying that “‘It’s a good thing the rug’s washable’” and “‘I went to Helen’s last night’” (49-50), completely disregarding what he said and changing the subject. She went on to speak about what she’d been watching and how she enjoyed going to Helen’s house and watching here parlour, all the while ignoring her

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