After reading and analyzing a handful of books which all stem around society, I have noticed some interesting similarities and differences. In the novels,
Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, and
1984, they revolved around the lives of one or more people in their society. These people have changed their view of the world through the course of the novel and begin to rebel against their world. They also have some kind of leader in charge of the society. In
1984, the leader of the totalitarian government is someone called "Big Brother" while the leader in
Fahrenheit 451 is the American government and the leader in
Brave New World is "The Controller". These books all send a similar message of what if the reader's society is like this? The authors thought such thing could be possible and are expressing their concern like Orwell who expressed his concern about the growing totalitarian governments like Nazi Germany and the USSR.
Even with the abundance of similarities between the books, there are many differences as well. Brave New World is about a utopian society while both Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 are dystopian. The societies between the books are very distinct. Fahrenheit 451 involved a society of people unable to use their heads while 1984 involved total government control and Brave New World had a near perfect society with no suffering.
As I was reading Brave New World and Amusing Ourselves To Death, I began to draw connections between the three books. I found it very interesting as they had more similarities than differences. It's quite fascinating that books about different societies have a lot more in common than one would think.
-Nawoda W.
I also noticed the similarities with BNW and F451! I noticed how both novels had a futuristic approach with many flaws. Their society was enveloped into thinking whatever the leader wanted that they weren't able to see the flaws in their society. In addition, in both novels they have a character who questions society and they both die somewhere through the novel.
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