Controlled by the Government

Imagine what it would be like if the government had control over your life. Your mind. Your choices. And even your family. How would you cope both physically and mentally? This is how life worked In the books The Hunger Games and Fahrenheit 451. The government controlled everything and there was nothing anyone could do to stop it.

The government plays a huge role in the book The Hunger Games. Every year twenty-four kids, two from each district, are chosen by the government and are forced to battle each other until death. If you were chosen you had to go; there was no other option because this was the law of their government. 

The book Fahrenheit 451 is very similar compared to the book The Hunger Games when It narrows down to the government. No one is allowed to think. Things as simple as reading a book or taking a stroll in the street are prohibited.  People who are found doing such things are often sent to jail. If you are caught with books, the fire fighters will come to your home and burn them. The government doesn't want anyone to learn new things; they want everyone to remain clueless. This is how they are controlling the lives of the citizens. Fahrenheit 451 shows us that books are important and we do need them. We are nothing without them.

The books The Hunger Games and Fahrenheit 451 are very similar. They both share the same setting of living in a futuristic dystopian world.  In both books the government controls everyone and everything.

If our government controlled every part of us, like our minds, our world would be so messed up. After reading these books I'm glad to have my own opinions and being able to learn and seek intelligence.

Fahrenheit 451 Figurative Language Piece

Author's Note: In Language Arts class, our assignment was to choose and find a passage in  the book Fahrenheit 451 that has Figurative Language and describe what’s happening in the passage and what the tone, purpose and meaning is. Below is the passage I chose to write about. Enjoy.

"Book bombarded his shoulders, his arms , his upturned face. A book lit, almost obediently, like a white pigeon, in his hands, wings fluttering. In the dim, wavering light, a page hung open and it was like a snowy feather, the words delicately painted thereon. In all the rush and fervor, Montag had only an instant to read the line, but it blazed in his mind for the next minute as if stamped there with fiery steel. "Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine ." He dropped the book. Immediately, another fell into his arms." (page 37)

This particular passage involves a lot of symbolism. The books are like birds, they are both very delicate and both represent freedom. This passage is describing the scene where the firemen are burning down a house and Montag comes across books when the firemen are throwing them into the incinerator. The tone of this passage is curious and gives you an impression of happiness but you know there really isn't any there.