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Sheltered Societies
The novel Fahrenheit 451 and the film Footloose can be compared to each other without much difficulty. The characters and the overall message of the stories are akin. In both stories the idea of a sheltered society is portrayed. Also, both stories have a strong willed character prepared to loose everything for what he believes.
Guy Montag and Reverend Moore are very similar in character in that they both make drastic changes in their beliefs throughout the two stories. At the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, Montag is a strong believer in the government and its system of banning and burning books. One major character that helps to alter his viewpoint of the authorities is Mildred. She helps him realize how ignorant and detached their society truly is. She shows him this multiple times. For example, Guy asks her about the first time they met and she told him that it didn't matter. You're wife should be able to tell you something of that significance and......

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