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Similarities Between 1984 And Fahrenheit 451
The word “utopia,” means a perfect world. Many different societies tried to create a perfect world in the nineteenth century; this is where the concept of a dystopia began. A dystopia is a word used to describe a world that has its civilians living in constant fear and agony. The creators of a dystopia normally cannot see the damage their laws are doing to their society, and the act of creating a dystopia usually requires intense amounts of control over the people. However, have you ever wonder why or how the dystopian societies are created, or if the enforced laws would work in order to create a dystopian society? In pieces of literature, such as 1984, written by George Orwell, and Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, as well as in movies,

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