Individuality In Fahrenheit 451

Is Individuality Equal? Fahrenheit 451, created by Ray Bradbury, is a book about a man that lives in an authoritarian society. The main character, Guy Montag, deals with internal and external conflict. He struggles with himself and his occupation as a firefighter. “Harrison Bergeron” is a short story written by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and it is also takes place in an authoritarian society. The main character, Harrison Bergeron, and his society were forced to be limited with mandates created by the government. Bergeron is challenged by an external conflict because his government is forcing him to have burdens that limit himself. Bradbury and Vonnegut, Jr. both challenge the reader to think about equality
This is demonstrated toward the end of the book when Granger compares people to a book’s dust jacket:
"It wasn't planned, at first. Each man had a book he wanted to remember, and did. Then, over a period of twenty years or so, we met each other, travelling, and got the loose network together and set out a plan. The most important single thing we had to pound into ourselves was that we were not important, we mustn't be pedants; we were not to feel superior to anyone else in the world. We're nothing more than dust-jackets for books, of no significance otherwise." (Bradbury 70) Vonnegut, Jr. opens his short story by creating a communistic setting. The reader is clearly informed that everyone has to be equal:
“THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to
After reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., the reader is called into question whether equality or individuality is best while controlled by an authoritarian communist government. Both authors test their audience with creative devices to question if everyone has to be equal. After reading Fahrenheit 451 and “Harrison Bergeron” the reader can draw parallels between both texts of the topic of individuality as being a positive or negative thing. As it turns out, individuality is most equal of all.

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