The last novels I would like to compare would be Fahrenheit 451 and the Moon is Down. Each novel was very different from the other, but they shared some similar aspects. In this summary, conflicts, theme, and characters will be analyzed. Every aspect of the book is different between these two, but if the reader reads carefully, they will find that there are some key similarities between the two.
The conflicts in each novel are very different. Fahrenheit 451 was all about Montag's struggle with wanting to read books and the books were outlawed. The Moon is Down is all about the war. If you look very closely, they each have a similar factor that contributes to the conflict. Each novel had hints of achieving or maintaining a certian utopia. The Moon is Down is about a war in which the invaders want to create a utopia eventually. They want to make the world perfect for them, although that would not be perfect for others. Fahrenheit 451 was about maintaining that utopia that was already thought of to be achieved. However, the utopia is threatened by Montag and that is why Montag becomes a target after reading a few books. Each of these novels share something, but they also have a difference. Montag's society was broken down after many years of doing this same thing. The town in the Moon is Down was never even slightly successful, so it broke down before it even began. Each conflict was important to the novel.
The theme for each novel made them contrast each other as well. The theme in The Moon is Down is that one power can not rule the world. The theme for the other novel is that censorship is not a good solution. Each theme can play into the utopian ideal. One power cannot rule the world because that one power would adapt the world to be good to only him and not think of others very well. Censorship also shows a similar idea because if you censor something, it will make one person happy but not an opposing person. Each theme shows the similarities and the differences. The differences are that the first theme is more adapted to war and to historical happenings. Censorship is more or less related to the current problems in today's society of every one being offended by something. It also discourages imagination and creativity. These two themes are definetly different and similar at the same time!
The last analysis of this comparison will be about the characters. The Moon is Down has many human nature representing characters, especially Tonder. The other novel has a very human nature representing character, Montag. These two characters are very alike because they both give into their human desires. Montag gives into reading books and fighting for his right to read them. Tonder gives into his lonliness and lack of human connection to go and trust an untrustworthy women. Each character is very human and is represented in the book as so. However, Montag makes the better decision because he ends up winning his conflict. However, Tonder is not so lucky. He gets murdered because of his human error. These characters represent the same idea in different ways, that human's make mistakes. Sometimes they work out, and other times they are not so lucky.
Steinbeck, John. The Moon Is Down. New York: Penguin Classics, 1942. Print.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine, 1996. Print.
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