Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury takes place in the United States and features an utopian society in which knowledge is seen as a power that people cannot handle the responsibility of. To prevent the abuse of power, firemen like the protagonist of the novel, Guy Montag, are hired to burn any books they can locate. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley focuses on the happiness of its people by providing them with the constant comfort of drug use and judge-free sex. People are decanted in petri dishes and placed into classes by the Controllers in a civilization called the World State. Everyone is happy with the class they are in. As relaxed as everyone seems in the civilization in Brave New World, there is less organization than there is in Fahrenheit
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“Colored people don’t like Little Black Sambo. Burn it. White people don’t feel good about Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Burn it. Some one’s written a book on tobacco and cancer of the lungs? The cigarette people are weeping? Burn the book” (Bradbury 57.) Books are also frowned upon in Brave New World as well. When the Savage, John, asks one of the Controller why books are prohibited in civilization, Mustapha Mond said, “Beauty’s attractive, and we don’t want people to be attracted by old things. We want them to like the new ones” (Huxley 225.) Once again, books a claimed to be dangerous to society. In The Giver, another book about utopian societies by Lois Lowry, people not only don’t read, but they aren't even given memories of how life was before the community was made. However, In the United States, many people hide (or try to hide) books in their homes. Despite the close attention payed by the firemen, many people are successful in doing so. If I lived in this civilization, I would be one of these rebels and try to hide books. And even if I got caught I would try to have a secret stash that they won’t be able to find with all of the important books such as To Kill a Mockingbird and Romeo and Juliet. Some of the hiding places I would use are in a freezer wrapped in aluminum foil so they think it’s food or inside the screen of a television (Gordon.) In Brave New World, punishments are much more severe even if the felony is less major. For example, when Bernard emphasized he didn’t agree with the ways of civilization by simply voicing his opinion, the Director threatened to exile him to Iceland. Consequences are less harsh in the US, hence I would prefer to live there where I can attempt to conceal
“Colored people don’t like Little Black Sambo. Burn it. White people don’t feel good about Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Burn it. Some one’s written a book on tobacco and cancer of the lungs? The cigarette people are weeping? Burn the book” (Bradbury 57.) Books are also frowned upon in Brave New World as well. When the Savage, John, asks one of the Controller why books are prohibited in civilization, Mustapha Mond said, “Beauty’s attractive, and we don’t want people to be attracted by old things. We want them to like the new ones” (Huxley 225.) Once again, books a claimed to be dangerous to society. In The Giver, another book about utopian societies by Lois Lowry, people not only don’t read, but they aren't even given memories of how life was before the community was made. However, In the United States, many people hide (or try to hide) books in their homes. Despite the close attention payed by the firemen, many people are successful in doing so. If I lived in this civilization, I would be one of these rebels and try to hide books. And even if I got caught I would try to have a secret stash that they won’t be able to find with all of the important books such as To Kill a Mockingbird and Romeo and Juliet. Some of the hiding places I would use are in a freezer wrapped in aluminum foil so they think it’s food or inside the screen of a television (Gordon.) In Brave New World, punishments are much more severe even if the felony is less major. For example, when Bernard emphasized he didn’t agree with the ways of civilization by simply voicing his opinion, the Director threatened to exile him to Iceland. Consequences are less harsh in the US, hence I would prefer to live there where I can attempt to conceal