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Similarities Between Equilibrium And Fahrenheit 451

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In the movie Equilibrium and the book Fahrenheit 451 there are many similarities as dystopian societies, such as a government with supreme reign, or that in the end the main character realizes that the goal of the “government” doesn’t really make any sense so they begin to rebel. Both of the character begin to think that there is something wrong with the society in which they live whether it be the government or the speculation that books are evil. In Equilibrium this comes in symbolism with the pills being the government’s control and by not taking the pills it shows that they can no longer control him, while in Fahrenheit 451 Montag begins to get closer to someone who loves books and realizes that books aren’t bad, they contain knowledge, which is why the government views them as bad. …show more content…

He believes that if you did humans of their emotion then they become strong, the fact that he enforces this belief and forces others to coincide with it points in the direction of a philosophically controlled dystopia. He also has almost to complete control of the government meaning that he can make anyone do whatever he wants them to. Along with being able to rid the country of any resistance due to the help of the people he has complete control of.

In Fahrenheit 451 the movie shows a similar form of dystopia as that is displayed in Equilibrium, but it is more of a corporate control as they are being brainwashed by the government into thinking that books are evil and that it is wrong to experience emotion. The government takes the issue to extremes so far as repurposing firefighters into bookburners. They have begun to use propaganda to change how the citizens are

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