Comparison of The Giver and Farenheight 451 Here are two companies. One is the society in The Giver; there is no war, crime and hunger. Every person has a job, even if that job is assigned to them by the government. Another society is that of Farenheight 451. Firefighters are people whose job is to hunt down and burn books in society. Both societies are not normal. There are some similarities and differences between The Giver and Farenheight 451. First, some main characters have similar characteristics in two societies. In The Giver, Jonas does not easily accept the rules of society as he wanders between the truth and the rules of the community. Montag, the main character of Farenheight 451, is a firefighter who burns books. One day, he decides to read the books he burns. As a result, he steals a few books and hides them at his home in violation of community rules. Second, people in both societies do not think seriously about the past because the past has just passed. In The Giver, people don't want to remember a dead little boy in their minds. Additionally, the people of Farenheight 451 do not read books because a book such as David Carperfield's biography reminds people of the past. However, the impression people can have of these two forms is very different since one is a written book while the other is a film. The written words have obvious and clear meanings so that readers can have crystal clear feelings. For example, in The Giver, readers may be able to clearly understand the meaning of the paragraph: He was not starving, it was pointed out. He was hungry. No one in the community was starving, had never been starved, would never starve (p. 70), since it is written in words. However, the film Farenheight 451 cannot have the same effects on the audience since it brings its theme to a screen. He can't describe the details like The Giver. Here is another difference between The Giver and Farenheight 451. The Giver, almost all information is transmitted to people through the Givers' memories since people could recognize other societies from the books even though there are ordinary books in each House. On the other hand, in Farenheight 451, there is only television and no books since books are considered something that makes people unhappy and guilty, so people are forbidden from having books in their homes. In other words, books make people melancholic because they contain ideas like philosophy or sociology. Finally, when certain people who committed a crime or violated certain rules are punished, the members of The Giver's society cannot know how they should be punished. And there is only one word, liberation, for punishment. On the other hand, in the movie Farenheight 451, people were able to see the punishment scene on television. Both The Giver and Farenheight 451's societies were under control and there is no freedom for people in these societies. As I compare and contrast these two companies, I feel grateful for the freedom to be able to buy books, read them, and study whatever I want. Reference Lowry, L. (1993). The Giver. New York, NY: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc..