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F-451 Final draft Dec.6, 1998 A Comparison of Two Societies Consider living in a society, as in the novel Fahrenheit 451, where everyone is deprived of many privileges that one might be used to in the American society, and then to discover that these two societies have many similarities. Ray Bradbury, a popular science fiction author of the mid 1900’s, creates a censored society in his novel. As the reader explores the people and practices of this …

…call normal. Both societies have a strong value for the importance and advancement of technology. The negative affects of censorship are demonstrated in both societies as well as the negative issues surrounding the use of drugs. Through the comparison of societies, one is brought to evaluate not only his personal quality of life, but also the direction and progress his own society is taking and whether or not this is positive or negative. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**