Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 are two novels, both set in the future, which have numerous similarities throughout them. Of all their common factors, those that stand out most would have to be: first, the outlawed reading of books; second, the superficial preservation of beauty and happiness; and third, the theme of the protagonist as being a loner or an outcast from society because of his differences in beliefs as opposed to the norm. Both …showed first 75 words of 1983 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1983 total…in the future, but they don't accept a utopian society based on controlling the natural aspects of peoples' lives to the extent to which thoughts, feelings, and livelihood are lost. Only when people stand together to build a society that accepts differences amongst its' members and doesn't try to manipulate those differences to eliminate discord, will humans finally see a day where everyone can speak freely and be treated equally, can a real utopia form.