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As per the request of my sister: Open Essay Prompt 1971

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Edit: After noticing that Isiah could not read any of my writing, I decided to write it down here for you:

"O wonder! How many godly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world. that has such people in't." - Brave New World

"It was a joy to burn." - Fahrenheit 451

At first, the titles seem innocuous. Fahrenheit 451? Brave New World? What the hell does that mean? And yet these titles, so simple, are filled with meaning, much more so than Twilight ever could. 

In Fahrenheit 451, you start off wondering the significance of 451. Why 451? And then the opening statement "It was a joy to burn." Right there, you are already starting to catch on. And once the mention of books is introduced, BAM! You already are starting to catch on about the message of the story. Ray is constantly mentioning 452, reinforcing in your mind that society hates books. He constantly alludes to fire, and he has the main character, Guy, be a fireman for a good reason! To point out the holes in a society that hates books.

In Brave New World, it is much different. We aren't given any significance about the title until halfway through when we meet John the Savage. There, he quotes Miranda from Shakespeare, and then we start to understand. Huxley is using irony in that quote. To the naked eye, the world is wonderful. Everyone is happy, no crime, etc. Yet we know that isn't true. And by having John continually repite (sic) that phrase, Huxley is rein (sic)