Ray Bradbury and George Orwell share a common focus in their books about the future of society in years to come. Each of their novels depicts the future as non-individualistic, totalitarian and restricts our freedoms. The author of Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury puts his main character in a world where he must destroy books in order to keep the people from having diverse opinions when reading these materials. Orwell's 1984 has a different twist in which an imaginary figure represents the government of a non-individualistic society. Also the book shows the breakdown of speech and the belief in two contradicting ideas (doublethink). These books tie together in many ways especially in their characters.
The characters in these two books involve a main character that tries to rebel against the system, a supporting character that is with the main character th
rough a part of the book. And the third character is a leader or representative of an underground society. From 1984 we have Winston Smith, Julia, and O'Brien (who eventually contradicts his role), and in Fahrenheit 451 we have Guy Montag, Clarisse McClellan and Granger. Winston Smith and Montag have the greatest similarity.
Julia and Clarisse are two women in each of the novels who are involved with the main characters. Although they are not as similar as Guy and Winston they do share a common role in the book. Julia is the type of person who lives in the moment. She also rebels against Big Brother just like Winston does. Clarisse on the other hand goes out of the ordinary to do what makes her feel well. These things include hitchhiking and playing with flowers. What these characters share in common is that both don't care what's happening in the world and what the world is coming to. Which lead us t
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