Fahrenheit 451 - Similarities to 1984

While I was reading this book I could not help but notice a ton of similarities to the book 1984 by George Orwell. In the George Orwell's book the future is a bleak existence where "Big Brother" controls most every facet of people's life through fear and hate. In Fahrenheit 451 there are a lot of similarities, one being that the government is trying to keep the public in control by keeping them dumb and easily manageable. In 1984 the way they do it by iron-cald control of education and everything the pblic does. Though done a little differently than 1984, in Fahrenheit 451 they accomplish the same thing but rather by fooling the public in to thinking they are much smarter than they really are. They give the public a false sense of security in both books. Second resemblance I found in both books was the governments use of unbelievably extreme for ce to keep themselve from look bad. In 1984 they simply kill people who oppose them or people who talk out against the government. In Fahrenheit 451 at the very end when Guy is running from the hound he jumps in to the river tog et away and to hide his scent. The government rather than actually saying he got away simply tell the hound to kill a random man who just happened to be out walking so that all the people at home will think that they caught Guy. In both books there is one character who along with the main character feels something is wrong with the world. It was a girl in 1984 and Faber in Fahrenheit, both were co conspirators with the main character. Often plotting grand ways to overthrow everything and to fix what they feel is worn gin their own worlds. Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 are both very interesting books that have a lot of parallels, but who knows maybe I am jsut rationalizing a small insignificant similarity in the books.