Comparative Essay Outline: Fahrenheit 451 vs. the Time Machine
“The Time Machine” and “Fahrenheit 451” Comparative Essay
Today in many parts of the world there are an estimated one hundred tribes completely unconnected from modern society, and with their isolation unaware to them, members believe that there is perfect balance in their community. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2094362/Cut-outside-world-Closest-recorded-pictures-uncontacted-Indian-tribe-depths-Perus-forests.html. Overlooking their hardships, these people are true to their beliefs and refuse to acknowledge another way of life, except the one which they already know. This false sense of utopianism, common even in many developed nations today, is illustrated by great works of fictional literature such as “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury and “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells. The fictional societies of these novels, although futuristic, have no belief in alternate ways of life resulting in an unhealthy social community. The citizens of these imaginary worlds are highly uniformed, and have little variability mentally and sometimes physically. The people do not prove to be humane and compassionate, yet quire the opposite. Most have little appetite for knowledge, leading to their lack of advancement. Also, the people live in a world of constant and regular conflict. Although the general public in the novels Fahrenheit 451 and The Time Machine live a care free life, thus believing that their societies are a utopia, through the societies’ excessive uniformity, futility of ambition, regular conflict and inhuman characteristics, their societies are ironically a dystopia.
UNIFORMITY
Though it would be expected of future societies to be able to express themselves separate of others and move towards individuality, in these novels people have very little alteration of personality and sometimes appearance. The natives of the year 802,701 A.D. in “The Time Machine” known as the Eloi, wear identical clothing and have almost identical features. The time
Today in many parts of the world there are an estimated one hundred tribes completely unconnected from modern society, and with their isolation unaware to them, members believe that there is perfect balance in their community. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2094362/Cut-outside-world-Closest-recorded-pictures-uncontacted-Indian-tribe-depths-Perus-forests.html. Overlooking their hardships, these people are true to their beliefs and refuse to acknowledge another way of life, except the one which they already know. This false sense of utopianism, common even in many developed nations today, is illustrated by great works of fictional literature such as “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury and “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells. The fictional societies of these novels, although futuristic, have no belief in alternate ways of life resulting in an unhealthy social community. The citizens of these imaginary worlds are highly uniformed, and have little variability mentally and sometimes physically. The people do not prove to be humane and compassionate, yet quire the opposite. Most have little appetite for knowledge, leading to their lack of advancement. Also, the people live in a world of constant and regular conflict. Although the general public in the novels Fahrenheit 451 and The Time Machine live a care free life, thus believing that their societies are a utopia, through the societies’ excessive uniformity, futility of ambition, regular conflict and inhuman characteristics, their societies are ironically a dystopia.
UNIFORMITY
Though it would be expected of future societies to be able to express themselves separate of others and move towards individuality, in these novels people have very little alteration of personality and sometimes appearance. The natives of the year 802,701 A.D. in “The Time Machine” known as the Eloi, wear identical clothing and have almost identical features. The time