Theme Of Dystopia In Fahrenheit 451

The dream of a utopian society is a common one, but unfortunately, all utopias are destined to contain dystopian elements. Although, some dystopias are more sustainable than others, as within the society citizens may believe it to be a utopia. Ray Bradbury 's Fahrenheit 451, focuses on a dystopia in which all literature and outside communication is completely banned from apocalyptic America. The society’s focus to keep all their citizens “happy” through fulfilling careers and a lot of time for leisure. In an attempt to prevent pain and doubt, no time is left for thought or reflection. Without pain, the citizens can never truly be happy. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, revolves around the apocalyptic world in which humans are genetically

The “American” society of Fahrenheit 451 is described as constantly at war. The government has told its citizens the nation claimed victory in all cases, without man-to-man combat. The novel ends with the destruction of Montag’s city and as the professeurs describe it, the end of the city was ‘the end of their society’. At the drop of the atomic bomb, Bradbury provides his readers with a conclusion toof the war; ““Look!” Cried Montag. And the war began and ended in an instant.” (Bradbury, 151) The enemy planes were targeting the country’s cities, as to target the areas of highest population. In effect of destroying most of the country’s population, most of the society would be destroyed; government offices, large schools, sports arenas and all things the society favoured most. Those living in small towns or off the land who usually disagreed with the government’s values, were generally unaffected, allowing them to begin their own

As no government goes to war with itself, there is little chance of war in the society. The world has been split into ten sections under one government, one “World Controller” is introduced early in the novel, “Mustapha Mond! The resident world controller for Western Europe. One of the Ten World Controllers. One of the ten..” (Huxley, 38) A group of ten world controllers who collaborate, acting as the head of state for their allotted section of the world. The entire world is governed as one nation, allowing for complete peace in every part of the world. The only possible occurrence of war is an uprising of the people which the government is not only prepared for, but completely prevents through the conditioning of their citizens. As complete peace is assured, stability of the society is assured, allowing it to last far longer than Bradbury’s dystopia. The point of destruction in Fahrenheit 451 comes meer decades after the society’s formation. The roaming professeurs and “living books” as well as Faber, all lived in the society before the prohibition of literature. Had the society been a lasting one, those waiting for change would have died waiting. As for Huxley’s society, the peaceful collaborations allowed for it to thrive for centuries; giving plause for the society to be much more functionally