After I finished the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, I noticed many similarities between the novel and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. Characters from both novels had certain similarities with each other. For example, Millie reminded me of the patients in the hospital. Millie and the patients in the hospital both succumb to everything that is said to them. Millie does not read books while the patients do everything the Nurse says. The character Faber in Fahrenheit 451 reminds me of McMurphy because of the guidance he gives Guy Montag. Faber guides Guy Montag into acquiring more knowledge and letting him be his true self just as McMurphy did to Chief Bromden. Another character resemblance that I noticed was the character shift of Chief Bromden and Guy Montag. Both changer their attitudes toward life and take bigger risks after their guidance. Nurse Ratched is similar to the society and Beatty because they all have the power in society in which they try to control each individual's rights.

After finishing the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, I noticed a major theme of conformity that kept presenting itself throughout the novel. As I got farther along in the book, I noticed the idea of individual vs. society. The protagonist in this novel is named Guy Montag who is a fireman. For a living, he burns books because it is against the law to read or even have books. In their society, books are viewed as danger because it causes wonder and curiosity within people. Just by burning books, Montag conforms with society in believing that books are worthless. Though as the story progresses, it is revealed that Guy Montag has a sudden curiosity in books and starts to read them. While he starts to break from his conformist ways, his wife, Millie. She refuses to believe books are worth anything and decides that her husband should not be engaging in such activity that could get them in trouble. She conforms with society by following an absurd law of being forbidden to read books. Overall, there is a change within Guy Montag's perspective on books and his ways of life.