Similarities Between The Great Gatsby And Fahrenheit 451

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The famous writer Rita Mae Brown stated, “I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.” This quote relates to the complex themes of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, and Disney Pixar’s “Wall-E”. As people in the society begin to act like everyone else, they lose themselves. In Fahrenheit 451, Mildred along with friends spent all their time in the parlor that they lost the value of knowledge and time. There were a few individuals like Guy Montag, who slowly were able to break apart from this bubble and realize the meaning behind books. This had also occurred in “The Lottery” when many people like Tessie saw beyond the superstitions behind the Lottery, but there will always be people …show more content…

This created conformity and individuality between the people. Characters like Mildred Montag were flowing with the society’s norm. She was willing to close family members in order to keep her family in the parlor. These parlors would show violence and the murdering of people, everyone would watch them because that was taught to be considered normal. Beatty was responsible for spreading this sort of message around, he would go to any extent to hide the truth found in books. When this occurs in a society, conformity continues to rise. People begin to want to fit in, even if that means hiding who you are. On the other hand, characters like Clarisse enjoy the simple things in life; for instance, taking walks, and socializing with people. These sorts of activities are viewed as strange and weird to the rest of the world, making a person a social outcast. She was able to question a firefighter without having any fear and figure things out on her own. Guy Montag after meeting Clarisse, started to understand himself and create his own judgment, this brought out the individualism in him. The futuristic world in Fahrenheit 451, developed conformity by keeping away knowledge and individuals formed when they took a risk to find

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