Innocence and Oppressiveness in Fahrenheit 451 and Animal Farm

Both Animal Farm and Fahrenheit 451 are fictional novels in which a dystopian society exists. These societies were both created by a “central government”. When citizens of these societies fail to stand up and protect their rights, authority figures will keep increasing their level of aggressiveness until it ruptures the society. When the authorities in these novels abuse their power, it fractures the society and greatly increases corruption.

The book Fahrenheit 451 is about a society where nobody is educated because books are illegal. One character in this book is Mildred, a woman who has been raised in this world without books. Mildred is an example of how the average person in their society looks. She is an empty person who barely has any thoughts or emotions. Mildred is important to Fahrenheit 451 because she symbolizes what happens if there is no education.

"Fahrenheit 451", and "Animal Farm", are influential novels, displaying the theme of journey. Throughout these novels, the importance of characters, and decisions influence the plot. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury, tells the story of a depressed fireman in a futuristic dystopia. With books deemed illegal, fireman, Guy Montag destroys printed books for a living. While George Orwell's "Animal Farm", takes place in the Manor Farm run by Mr.Jones, an alcoholic human who labors the animals on the farm. In both books, the hardships the characters face affects the impact of their expedition. The pieces, “Animal Farm” and “Fahrenheit 451”, exhibits the theme of journey through beginnings, hesitation, and struggles.

In both animal farm and Fahrenheit 451 the similarities and differences were evident due to how each story was specifically plotted a certain way. The simalarites included that both had a sort of underlaying and hidden message that most characters didn't notice but the reader did. For example in animal farm all the animals other than the pigs where the ones who controlled yet, at the end they where able to be compared to the ........and in Fahrenheit 451 guy montag wasn't really able to view the reality and the real world he was living in until Clarisse was able begin opening up his perspective. After the first conversation they had she asked, "Are you happy?pg.11". In animal farm this realization was noticed until the end while in Fahrenheit 451 it could be noticed towards the beginning.

In the society of Fahrenheit 451, there are many issues that Guy Montag and Mildred Montag face on the day to day. They each try to figure out what the issues are but they are unable to come to an agreement in solving it. Each of them is constantly torn between whether or not they should help the other or stay strong to there beliefs on what is right. As one is able to see Mildred and Montag are completely different. This is easily contrasted because they each agree on different beliefs, they live in different worlds, and they are not strong with each other.

Elie Wiesel in Night and Snowball from Animal Farm are very similar characters because they were victimized by tyrants and used as scapegoats, but they are also unique and individual characters because Elie knew he was being taken advantage of and Snowball did not. Animal Farm is written by George Orwell, and it is about a farm of animals that take over the farm. Napoleon, a large pig, slowly takes away food and supplies from the other animals until he starts walking on two feet and becomes a “human.” Because of him Snowball is expelled from the farm and acts as a scapegoat for everything that goes wrong on the farm. Night is an autobiography written by Elie Wiesel, and in it Elie tells the story of he was taken from his home and put into a concentration camp under the control of Adolf Hitler.

The conflict in the novel, Fahrenheit 451, is man vs. man. Montag and Mildred got into a fight ‘“ why would I be mad! ‘“ said Mildread ( page 43 ). The only reason they got into a fight was because Mildred found Montag’s books. Eventually Montag decided to leave his wife. Montag and Mildred used to be husband and wife, but then Mildred started to be a pain like a thorn in the leg. Montag got chased by cops because Mildred told about the books. There was always a hound outside of Montag’s house, because they could smell the

Thucydides, an Athenian historian and general, once said, “The secret to happiness is freedom, and the secret to freedom is courage.” Freedom is defined as the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Throughout history, reformers have rallied against leaders and fought for what they believed in. To live a quality life, certain freedoms are necessary. In a Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.F by Robert F. Kennedy, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and Animal Farm by George Orwell, different types of people are represented through different ideas of struggling for freedom: a man leading others to receive the freedom they want, a man going against society’s rules to read literature, and animals overtaking humans in hopes of being treated fairly.

As the saying goes, “Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This text is an allusion to the Russian Revolution. After the rebellion the animals are left with two leaders, Snowball and Napoleon, that cannot agree on a single thing. Snowball was chased off by Napoleon’s dog and was left with all the power. in animal farm, George Orwell asserts the idea that absolute power results in corruption. Napoleon and the other pigs, interested in remaining superior, persuades the other animals by using intimidation and emotional appeals in order to keep control of the gullible animals.

George Orwell in his novel Animal Farm explores the reality through the abuse of power using the character Napoleon. In order to gain absolute power, Napoleon eliminates any opposition, uses propaganda, and chances the commandments.

In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, the animals in a farm start a revolution against Jones, the farm owner, since they felt that they have a lack of freedom. When the animals take over the farm, they began to create their own society with the seven commandments and Napoleon and Snowball as their leaders. However, Snowball was kicked out of Animal Farm by Napoleon and Animal Farm ran into some problem like when the windmill broke for the 2nd time. As a result, many animals on the farm died. This shows that power can easily be corrupted, because of the selfishness of Napoleon, the benefits the pigs have over all the other animals, and the amount of rights given to the other animals by Napoleon.

that the pigs have great power but used it to lead the farm to corruption. In addition, the leadership of the pigs put the other animals in extremely dangerous situations. In the novel, Orwell` demonstrates that with knowledge and education comes great power, and this can fall into the hands of those who are self-serving. The author displays this issue through the selfish leadership of Napoleon along with the other pigs, the unfair ending of Boxer life, and the uneducated animals.

George Orwell, in Animal Farm, addresses blind conformity and misuse of power. There are many comparisons between Animal Farm and Germany under Hitler’s tyranny concerning these two themes. Napoleon and Hitler both used propaganda to ensure there was blind conformity amongst the common people/animals and they both misused their power. The two themes of blind conformity and misuse of power are constantly repeated throughout the novel and will be studied throughout this essay.

You sit in class and always know the answer. People come to you for help and after a while you become cunning. You start to charge people for help. They still keep coming in for help and now you control the school and what goes on. The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell is about a farm that animals took control from the owner lead by intelligent pigs. The pigs rose to power because of their intelligence and are lead by Napoleon. They go through many hardships, but at the end Napoleon makes peace with the humans much to the rest of the farms dismay. A theme that is found in the book is that knowledge is power. This theme comes up many times in the beginning, middle, and the end of the novel.

Although many people believe that naivety is good, it can be very easily exploited by corrupt leaders. Naivety makes it very easy for a corrupt leader to take control of a society. Naivety makes it very effortless for leaders to manipulate the citizens to believe anything. Such as, the leader can lead them to do something for themselves, but instead on help the wellbeing of the government or leader. Similarly, George Orwell, author of the historical allegory Animal Farm, takes a dim view on how leaders can manipulate the citizen’s naivety. Orwell suggests that complete devotion to an ideal and being manipulative lead to loss of freedom and equality in a society.