Isolation refers to “the state of separation between people or groups”. In 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, George Orwell and Ray Bradbury explore the idea of ​​isolation in the futuristic world in which the novels take place as a warning to modern society. The Inner Party uses several methods to assume near-total control over its people. They want people to be cold and indifferent towards others, while allowing fear to slowly take hold in their minds. Isolation is something the Inner Party wants to see. They want people to be isolated from each other so that the concept of “us” is completely eliminated. If everyone stays alone, they can't unite and possibly overthrow Big Brother, which is something the Inner Party is afraid of. To avoid this possibility, everyone was more or less brainwashed by the Inner Party. They all follow the sinister Big Brother who rules over everything, even though they never actually see him. David Goodman even says in "The Future Is Here" that Big Brother is "seen only on television...he never appears in public", and yet the Party members still follow him blindly. This shows how people have been brainwashed without even realizing it. Big Brother and the Inner Party want to separate everyone from each other. Their lust has gotten so out of control that they have gone so far as to install a device in every house that monitors everything they do. These evil machines are called telescreens. They watch what people do and hear what they say. This is an extremely effective move by the Inner Party as it allows them to catch anyone who even thinks about rebellion in the form of assimilation. If the people can't even think about forming a rebel...... middle of paper ...... 2014.Malinowitz, Harriet. "The 'Newspeak' of our times." The feminine review of books September 2004: 19+. Literary Resource Center. Internet. April 10, 2014.McGiveron, Rafeeq O. “Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.” Explainer 54.3 (Spring 1996): 177-180. Rep. in contemporary literary criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter. Flight. 235. Detroit: Gale, 2007. Information Resource Center. Internet. April 27, 2014. Orwell, George. 1984. New York, NY: Signet Classic, 1949. Print. Rand, Ayn. Anthem. New York: Dutton, 1995. Print. Sisario, Peter. “A Study of the Allusions in Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451.” English Journal 59.2 (February 1970): 201-205. Rep. in contemporary literary criticism. Ed. Deborah A. Stanley. Flight. 98. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. Information Resource Center. Internet. April 27, 2014. WriteWork Contributors. “1984: Isolation” WriteWork.com. WriteWork.com, April 17, 2004. Web. April 9. 2014.