Fahrenheit 451 and Waa-E the Same

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Wall-E and Fahrenheit 451 may be one in the same? Fahrenheit 451 and Wall-E have many connections however there are three main connections. First of all we have the two rebel characters in each, then we have the theme of consequences of technology, and lastly we have the government control. First off the two rebel characters, Montag and Wall-e; both dare to go against societies expectations. With Montag he dares to think, socialize and also read book, challenging the rules of society. Then Wall-e decides to go against the ships orders, he find a plant and tries to get everyone back to earth to do their own thing even though they would rather sit in their chairs becoming more obese. Also they both meet someone who changes the way they look at life, giving them the motivation to open their eyes to reality. Montag meets Clarisse who opens his eyes to how sheltered he really is and wall-e meets eve who is from a whole other world that isn’t all about trash. So in both stories without these to influences neither Montag nor Wall-e would have realized something was wrong. Secondly we see the consequences of technology, in Montag society everyone stops socializing, it’s about the “family” which is the television shows. Their whole society is wrapped around the technology; the people around you barely notice each other. All that really matter to them is fun, a life doesn’t matter. This is shown to us very clearly when Clarisse gets killed by a reckless driver and Montag’s wife just ignores it, telling Montag casually about her death like it doesn’t matter at all. Similarities are shown to us in the film by the fact that people depend on technology got every single thing in their day to day lives, such as changing their clothes,, ordering food, everything by the press of a button, never leaving their chairs. They are so consumed with technology they never take the time to

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