Comparing Fahrenheit 451 And Harrison Bergeron By Ray Bradbury

If you have ever read the stories “Harrison Bergeron” and Fahrenheit 451 I’m sure you would recognize the similarities and differences between the two. For example, one of the similarities between the books would be how the main characters from Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag and Mildred Montag are very similar to the main characters Harrison and Hazel from “Harrison Bergeron.” The other example of similarity between the two stories would be how the government realized the desire for equality that people have and use that to keep society at below average intelligence levels. One difference that I found between the two stories was how different the restrictions were in each of the stories.

Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel written by Ray Bradbury that depicts a futuristic American society where books are banned and independent thought is persecuted. Bradbury uses his imagination to take a hard look at a world consumed by technology, and he presents predictions about pleasure, violence and anti-intellectualism that are alarmingly similar to the modern American society. Notably, in both societies people find pleasure in entertainment that is endlessly preoccupying. Second, people are violent and careless. Finally, anti-intellectualism and suppression of independent thought affect both societies, as firemen ban books in Fahrenheit 451 and, in the

​In a world where everything surrounding one is so different and so similar in the exact same time… Imagine a society where everything an individual can mentally and physically do is under the power of the government. Self-difference does not exist. In a futuristic setting of the novel ‘Fahrenheit 451’ written by Ray Bradbury, and the short story ‘Harrison Bergeron’ written by Kurt Vonnegut are both two very eventful and interesting readings that will keep one’s mind running on about the outlook on futuristic life and the governments strict needs and wants throughout a society. These two stories can be compared and contrasted by the strict outlook on the governments control, demand and want over a society, the close relation the two main characters from both stories portray and the similar theme demonstrating loss of individuality.

Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 presents readers with multiple themes. In the fictional society of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, books are banned and firemen create fires instead of putting them out. Bradbury portrays the society as dystopian. Bradbury crafted the novel to be interpreted intellectually. The characters claim to be happy. However, the reader can conclude otherwise. Bradbury creates a question for the reader to answer: Is ignorance bliss or does the ability to think for oneself create happiness? Bradbury shows the importance of self-reflection, happiness and the ability to think for oneself as well as isolation due to technology, and the importance of nature and animals. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury conveys the stories’ themes through characterization and symbols.

Fahrenheit 451 compares to the story The Veldt using imagery and Fahrenheit 451 compares to the story Harrison Bergeron by a common theme. In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag is a firefighter but instead of putting out fires, he catches books on fire due to books being illegal. Montag had books but never told his wife for the longest time. Once Montag showed his wife he had books, not long after she called the cops on him. Montag ran off and accidentally met up with the Granger group. Everyone in the city ended up dying and the Granger group lived due to them hiding outside of the city. In the story that compares to Fahrenheit 451, The Veldt, George and Lydia have a room called the nursery. The nursery is where the walls change scenes to how the kids feel and the parents can see the scenes that they are creating on the walls. The other story that relates to Fahrenheit 451 is Harrison Bergeron. In this story, Harrison has the most handicaps to keep him from being smart. The handicaps help him forget smart thoughts and keep him from being focused on one thing for too long. Harrison escaped prison and took all of his handicaps off. Not long after he did all of this, he was killed for taking off his handicaps.

Kurt Vonnegut, the author of "Harrison Bergeron" sends a message in his book that if equality goes too far, even though it might seem great on the surface, the world is still not going to be perfect. On the other hand, Ray Bradbury, who writes "Fahrenheit 451" tries to alert people about technology and how it could take over their lives. In final analysis, both "Fahrenheit 451" and "Harrison Bergeron" make commentary on today's

In both “Harrison Bergeron” and Fahrenheit 451, both authors imagine a horrible future where there is no diversity because it is believed by the government that everybody should be treated equally, teaching us diversity is essential because it is what makes humans unique individuals with our own creative thoughts. In both stories, the government emphasizes the importance of equality in their society by putting in extreme laws limiting the abilities of their people to ensure that no one person is better than another. In Fahrenheit 451, the government banned book reading because they feared people would get wrong ideas from them or become too smart. "We must all be alike.

Society. Neither good or bad. There are and always will be secrets that are hidden from us, whether it is for our own good or not. In the two texts, the two main characters face the struggle of finding out what society is keeping hidden from the world. In Fahrenheit 451, Montag faces the struggle of finding out who he really is and figures out he wants to be able to do what he wants. In the short story called Harrison Bergeron, Harrison wants to make everyone realize that the world they live in isn't perfect and fair. But I'm both texts, the main characters had discovered a secret and had to figure out a way to share it with everyone.

The book F451, written by Ray Bradbury, is about a dystopian society where knowledge, as well as books, are not as they are in our society. Instead, the is destroyed. On the other hand, the story Harrison Bergeron, written by Kurt Vonnegut, is a society where everyone is equal, in every way. The books Fahrenheit 451 and Harrison Bergeron are both showing how the over controlling government can block out your own thinking. This theme was a warning for our society in the future.

“When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you ever fought before.” - Brad Meltzer, a political thriller novel writer. Fahrenheit 451 was a novel written by Ray Bradbury, in 1953. In the book, the government took an unfair advantage over the people of the community. Guy Montag, the main character takes matters into his own hands after he meets a peculiar girl by the name of Clarisse McClellan. Guy Montag starts to rebel at the government after she opens his mind about life. It is acceptable to rebel when things are unfair including an unfair government, when society is unfair, and when family members or friends betray you and treat you unfairly.

Ideas are bulletproof. You can ban all the books; burn a whole library to the ground, but you cannot destroy an idea. Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451 was a visionary of his time. In 1953, when Ray Bradbury added to his short story “The Fireman” and published it as a book titled Fahrenheit 451 it was light years ahead of it’s time. T.V’s were not in every single household and robotic animals were unheard of. If someone had a car they definitely didn’t drive so fast that all they saw were green blurs of grass or brown blurs of cows. For him it was merely speculation of what the future would hold; he probably didn’t think most of it would happen. A man who also shared this dystopian perspective was Kurt Vonnegut Jr. author of the short story “Harrison Bergeron”. Published in 1961 “Harrison Bergeron” was also a visionary tale ahead of its own time.

In both stories the authors are trying to warm the readers that if we keep wishing for things (In Fahrenheit it was technology and "Harrison Bergeron" it was equality,) the outcome might not be the way people were expecting. In both books the negative impact happened to be the strip of power and freedom of the

In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and "The Pedestrian" and Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron", the authors are trying to forewarn to the readers the dangers of a complete equal society, controlled by the government. Ray Bradbury demonstrates the use of censorship within Fahrenheit 451 by the burning of books. This author also shows censorship in "The Pedestrian" by considering that the pastime, walking is viewed as regressive, outdated, and abnormal and upsetting towards the society that the characters live in. Kurt Vonnegut depicts the use of censorship within his short story, "Harrison Bergeron" by portraying a society in which everyone is equal to the point where individuality is eliminated. Therefore, the authors Bradbury and Vonnegut warn

In a world where books aren't aloud one man; Guy Montag tries to change that rule. His job in society is a fireman, in which firemen in this dystopian novel burn books rather than saving people. What makes this book so interesting is that Guy Montag plays around with the idea of a fireman's purpose is to actually burn the books, he becomes interested in them and begins to rebel. This story is of one man turning his back on everything he has ever known to go back to how everything was supposed to be. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is an example of dystopian fiction because it has a controlling government, people with no free thought, and futuristic technology. Fahrenheit 451 is a futuristic book by Ray Bradbury that has an over controlling government, many accounts of futuristic technology, and the residence are restricted of free thought.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Always War by Margaret Peterson Haddix are books about futures were government's control every aspect of life. In both books the governments use the power of an idea to keep complete control, in both books the citizens have bad responses to the government's decided way of life, and in both books a character uses the power of an idea to rebel against their government. Fahrenheit 451 and The Always War demonstrate how a government, that uses the power of an idea to have total control, can fall by using the same strategy against it.