Comparing Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World :: comparison compare contrast essays

Comparing Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World   Ray Bradburys  book, Fahrenheit 451, is a futurist look at a man and his role in society. Bradbury utilizes the luxuries of career 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 mans 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 come forth of control, in his science fiction novel Brave New World, WHICH 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 beliefs and marriage, things no longer part of the changed society, to compare a nd contrast todays culture with his proposed futuristic culture.(THIS IS A RUN-ON WHICH NEEDS FIXING)    notwithstanding one theme that both Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 HAVE IN COMMON is of individual discovery BY refusing to accept a passive approach to life and refusing to conform. In addition, the refusal of various methods of escape from reality is shown AS a path to discovery.   In Brave New World the main characters Bernard Marx and the Savage boy John come to realize the faults WITHIN their own cultures. In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag begins to discover  things could be better in his society, besides DUE to some uncontrollable events his discovery happens much faster than it would have. He is forced out on his own, away from society, to live with others like himself who think other than that the society does.   Marx, from the civilized culture, seriously questions the lack of history that his society has. He also wonders as to the lack of boo ks, banned because they were old and did not encourage the untried culture. By visiting a reservation, home of an uncivilized culture of savages, he is able to see first hand something of what life and society use to be like. Afterwards he returns and attempts to incorporate some of what he saw into his work as an advertising agent.