and challenged readers with visions of the future and future worlds.

These authors offered an insight into what they expected man, society,

and life to be like at some future time.

One such author, Ray Bradbury, utilized this concept in his work,

Fahrenheit 451, a futuristic look at a man and his role in society.

Bradbury utilizes the luxuries of life in America today, in addition

to various occupations and technological advances, to show what life

could be like if the future takes a drastic turn for the worse. He

turns man's best friend, the dog, against man, changes the role of

public servants and changes the value of a person.

Aldous Huxley also uses the concept of society out of control in

his science fiction novel Brave New World. Written late in his career,

Brave New World also deals with man in a changed society. Huxley asks

his readers to look at the role of science and literature in the

future world, scared that it may be rendered useless and discarded.

Unlike Bradbury, Huxley includes in his book a group of people

unaffected by the changes in society, a group that still has religious

John, often referred to as "the Savage" because he was able to

banned because they were old and did not encourage the new culture. By

to buy the screen to cover the fourth wall), has a control unit that

evident. He shows that those who conform to the "brave new world"

only stop communicating but stop thinking and choosing, thus loosing

others like himself who think differently that the society does.

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