fahrenheit 451 comparite to the truman show
12.31.13 Fahrenheit 451/The Truman Show Essay
The novel Fahrenheit 451 and the film The Truman Show have many similarities. The setting, characters, themes, conflicts, and plot of Fahrenheit 451 all have many distinct characteristics that allow for the novel to be compared with this particular movie. The ideas of characters, setting and conflicts are very similar and give you a different perspective on each work. The Truman Show and Fahrenheit 451 are very similar in that the main characters deal with many similar conflicts. One conflict that is similar is that lives are controlled. Truman’s life is the utmost controlled. His “creator”, Christof controls what happens to him at any given moment. Christof also controls what the people who watch think and see. He makes them believe that Truman wants this lifestyle and could have gotten out of this life if he wanted to, which is not true. In Fahrenheit 451, the government controls what everyone thinks, does, watches, learns, and more. People in their society aren’t supposed to think or read. Reading is so horrible, that the fireman burn the books if they catch you having or reading one. They burn all of your possessions in an instant. The perfect person in society is someone who stares at their parlor walls all day and overdoses on pills because they have no idea what they are doing because they aren’t thinking. Another similar conflict is both main characters want to leave society. Throughout the film, Truman starts to realize everything is on a cycle and people who he never knew, knew him. He tried to escape many times and he couldn’t till he faced his fear of water. Then he realized his whole life has been a lie and he has been living in a dome controlled by someone. Montag wanted to leave society because he felt like he didn’t belong and he didn’t want someone telling him if he could read or not because he truly enjoyed it. He wanted to leave society and he did and lived with people who had the
The novel Fahrenheit 451 and the film The Truman Show have many similarities. The setting, characters, themes, conflicts, and plot of Fahrenheit 451 all have many distinct characteristics that allow for the novel to be compared with this particular movie. The ideas of characters, setting and conflicts are very similar and give you a different perspective on each work. The Truman Show and Fahrenheit 451 are very similar in that the main characters deal with many similar conflicts. One conflict that is similar is that lives are controlled. Truman’s life is the utmost controlled. His “creator”, Christof controls what happens to him at any given moment. Christof also controls what the people who watch think and see. He makes them believe that Truman wants this lifestyle and could have gotten out of this life if he wanted to, which is not true. In Fahrenheit 451, the government controls what everyone thinks, does, watches, learns, and more. People in their society aren’t supposed to think or read. Reading is so horrible, that the fireman burn the books if they catch you having or reading one. They burn all of your possessions in an instant. The perfect person in society is someone who stares at their parlor walls all day and overdoses on pills because they have no idea what they are doing because they aren’t thinking. Another similar conflict is both main characters want to leave society. Throughout the film, Truman starts to realize everything is on a cycle and people who he never knew, knew him. He tried to escape many times and he couldn’t till he faced his fear of water. Then he realized his whole life has been a lie and he has been living in a dome controlled by someone. Montag wanted to leave society because he felt like he didn’t belong and he didn’t want someone telling him if he could read or not because he truly enjoyed it. He wanted to leave society and he did and lived with people who had the