Comparison of Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World Ray Bradbury's book, Fahrenheit 451, is a futuristic look at a man and his role in society. Bradbury uses the luxuries of American life today, in addition to various professions and technological advances, to show what life could be like if the future took a drastic turn for the worse. It turns man's best friend, the dog, against man, changes the role of officials and changes the value of a person. Aldous Huxley also uses the concept of a society out of control in his science fiction novel Brave New World, WHICH deals with man in a changed society. Huxley asks his readers to consider the role of science and literature in the future world, fearing that they will be rendered useless and abandoned. Unlike Bradbury, Huxley includes in his book a group of people unaffected by the changes in society, a group who still have religious beliefs and marriage, things that are no longer part of the changed society, to compare and contrast today's culture with its proposed futuristic culture. 451 HAVING IN COMMON is an individual discovery BY refusing to accept a passive approach to life and refusing to conform. Additionally, the refusal of various methods of escaping reality is presented as a path to discovery. In Brave New World, the main characters Bernard Marx and the "wild" boy John come to realize the flaws of their own culture. In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag begins to discover that things could be better in his society, but DUE to some uncontrollable events, his discovery happens much more quickly than it would have. He is forced to move away from society, to live with others like him who think differently from society. Marx, coming from civilized culture, seriously questions the lack of history in his society. He also wonders about the lack of books, banned because they were old and did not encourage the new culture. By visiting a reservation, home to an “uncivilized” savage culture, he can see with his own eyes a little of what life and society were like. Then he comes back and tries to incorporate some of what he saw into his work as an advertising agent..