The dystopia in Fahrenheit 451 doesn't give the people much freedom, but in our world today we have a lot of freedom. In their society they are not allowed to read books. We have the constitution. It gives us freedom of speech and freedom of religion. The people in dystopia think that their society has always been like this because the government has brainwashed the people. The firemen in the dystopia burn the books, so that they can burn the past. Our firemen put fires out and save the lives of people. Freedom is what our government stands for, but this society is very different from ours. They take away the privileges of the people and brainwash them to not think. By giving the people activities, like sports, gives them less time to think and learn. When Beatty asks Montag if he likes sports, Montag says yes. I think he was taught to like the sports because it is what he has been doing a lot of life. They play sports in school instead of learning and it is an activity to stop them from thinking about other things. In our society we have time to just sit and think, but their government takes this away from them. The society in Fahrenheit 451 is very different from our society today.
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