Both Anthem and Fahrenheit 451 address a very similar theme. The theme of Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, and Anthem, by Ayn Rand can be linked to a universal theme, Equality has limits. Both books support this theme by supporting an idea of ​​utopia, and both failed in their own way. Inside Fahrenheit, the book builds its foundation on a perfect society. This idea is quickly squashed when Montag realizes he is not happy. At one point in the book, he is forced to burn down a house with a person inside. Montag thinks, “How embarrassing! Before, it was like blowing out a candle. The police went first and taped the victim's mouth shut and blindfolded him in their sparkly beetle cars. So when you arrived you found an empty house. You didn't hurt anyone, you only hurt things! And since things really couldn't be hurt, since things didn't feel anything, and things didn't scream or moan, like this woman might start screaming and screaming, there was nothing to tease your consciousness later. You were just cleaning up. Janitorial work, mainly. Everything in its right place. Quick with the kerosene! Who has a match? ” (Bradbury, 1953, p. 36) This shows how Montag believed that burning a person's belongings was perfectly acceptable. He was blinded by how society thought it was better and more equal without books; to the point that people were injured. The idea of ​​equality and multiple other factors contribute to a kind of moral fog; Everyone thinks they are happy and everything is fine. This false equality has a price. The government felt that to make everyone equal, it had to get rid of the multiple tools that people use today. Books, being the main target, are illegal to own and distribute paper......lots of equality and the feeling of maintaining that equality has been the downfall of this society. The reader will see that in both books, society sought a perfect image in order to make everyone equal. Fahrenheit believed that by limiting everyone's knowledge and advancing technology to do things for them, they would reach a point where everyone was equal. This failed due to their society's reliance on technology and the banning of education, which ruined equality. Anthem took a similar approach, believing that if everyone did the same thing, looked the same, and worked with the same people, they could program people to be equal. This method almost worked, until the tie 7 - 2521 became curious. No one worked harder because there was nothing to work harder for. These books work hand in hand to bring a theme that can be drawn from both books; Equality has limits.